skeezy
/ˈskiːzi/
skeezy adjective: despicable, tasteless.
Adjective
skeezy (comparative skeezier or more skeezy, superlative skeeziest or most skeezy)
- Despicable, tasteless.
- “It feels really different to pay for access to people,” said Kathryn D. Coduto, a Boston University professor who studies dating apps. “Paying for it makes it feel a little skeezy.”2024 March 12, J. Edward Moreno, quoting Kathryn D. Coduto, “Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Sleazy.
- I jilled while babysitting, having found a cache of skeezy porno mags hidden at the bottom of a big basket of magazines in one family's master bathroom.2002, Hanne Blank, Unruly Appetites: Erotic Stories, page xiv
- I went to Rock Jungle twice and it was a disaster. It was filled with skeezy old men with bad cologne and gold chains trying to pick up eighteen-year-old girls.2005, Dan Lieberman, Carnegie Mellon University, page 93
Forms of skeezy
| comparative | skeezier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more skeezy |
| superlative | skeeziest |
| superlative | most skeezy |
Origin of skeezy
US, 1992. Variant of sleazy, possibly influenced by sketchy (“dubious, unnerving”); alternatively analyzed as blend of sketchy + sleazy.
Words formed from skeezy
Words that rhyme with skeezy
Questions about skeezy
- What does skeezy mean?
- Skeezy means despicable, tasteless.
- What part of speech is skeezy?
- Skeezy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce skeezy?
- Skeezy is pronounced /ˈskiːzi/.
Words near skeezy in the dictionary
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