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Sleazy vs Slimy - What's the difference?

sleazy | slimy |

As adjectives the difference between sleazy and slimy

is that sleazy is marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate while slimy is of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous.

As a noun slimy is

a ponyfish.

sleazy

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * skeezy

    Derived terms

    * sleaze

    slimy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous.
    • Slimy things did crawl with legs
    Upon the slimy sea. —Coleridge.
  • (slang, figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky.

    • Synonyms

    * (slippery) lubricous * (underhanded) conniving

    Noun

    (slimies)
  • A ponyfish.