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Salacious vs Sleazy - What's the difference?

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Salacious is a related term of sleazy.


As adjectives the difference between salacious and sleazy

is that salacious is promoting sexual desire or lust while sleazy is marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.

salacious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Promoting sexual desire or lust.
  • Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
  • Synonyms

    * ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

    Derived terms

    * salaciousness

    sleazy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
  • Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid.
  • Synonyms

    * skeezy

    Derived terms

    * sleaze