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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jijeobunhan
"그는 지저분한 술집에서 시간을 보냈다."
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(of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral; of low quality.
"He hangs around in sleazy bars on the wrong side of town."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Origin uncertain, possibly related to dialectal sleazy meaning 'flimsy' (from Old Norse slœgr 'cunning' or from a Germanic root meaning slimy/slippery), shifting in the mid-20th century to mean sordid or disreputable.
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crasseux
Transliteration: crasseux
"Il fréquente des bars louches et crasseux."
schmierig
Transliteration: schmierig
"Er hat eine schmierige Art an sich."
squallido
Transliteration: squallido
"Lavorava in un motel squallido."
degradante
Transliteration: degradante
"Me da mala espina ese tipo de lugares de mala muerte."
sórdido
Transliteration: sórdido
"Ele estava envolvido em negócios sórdidos."
घटिया
Transliteration: ghatiya
"वह एक घटिया होटल में ठहरा हुआ था।"
肮脏的
Transliteration: āngzāng de
"这家 酒店 给人 一种 肮脏 的 感觉。"
지저분한
Transliteration: jijeobunhan
"그는 지저분한 술집에서 시간을 보냈다."
いかがわしい
Transliteration: ikagawashii
"彼はいかがわしいバーに入っていった。"
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