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sleaze-ridden

sleaze-ridden adjective: dominated by sleaze.

Adjective

sleaze-ridden (comparative more sleaze-ridden, superlative most sleaze-ridden)

  1. Dominated by sleaze.
    • The sleaze-ridden government was forced to resign and a general election was announced.

Forms of sleaze-ridden

comparativemore sleaze-ridden
superlativemost sleaze-ridden

Origin of sleaze-ridden

From sleaze + -ridden.

Questions about sleaze-ridden

What does sleaze-ridden mean?
Sleaze-ridden means dominated by sleaze.
What part of speech is sleaze-ridden?
Sleaze-ridden is an adjective.

Words near sleaze-ridden in the dictionary

  1. sleaze factors
  2. sleaze-bucket
  3. sleaze-buckets
  4. sleaze-merchant
  5. sleaze-merchants
  6. sleaze-ridden
  7. sleazebag
  8. sleazebaggery
  9. sleazebags
  10. sleazeball
  11. sleazeballs

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