cheesy
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈtʃiːzi/
- Informal
:
cutre
- The whole thing felt cheesy and cheap.
- cheesy movies
- cheesy pizza
- cheesy bread
Examples
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Yeah, well, it's just cause the special effects are cheesy, but it's still good.
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In action films, there is a fine line between cheesy and sophisticated.
Blog text (25) -
We ended up watching the last 15 minutes; what a slow, cheesy show, by the way.
Blog text (1) -
You know, a really good haunted house, not those cheesy bad ones.
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All in all, it's a cheesy, flat teen book that a lot of shallow girls like.
Blog text (22) -
It was a really, really cheesy, low budget zombie movie.
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Even our best sofas couldn't make up for the cheesy, rundown way the wall looked now.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the time, the shoddy FMV intro and cheesy voice acting didn't bother me.
Blog text (4) -
ON THE POSTER - "SAND PIRATES OF THE SAHARA" Forget the cheesy B-movie artwork.
Fiction book (2001) -
The movie was filled with cheesy special effects that made it hard to take seriously.
Synonyms
347
1.0
Not made well and breaks or wears out quickly
176
7.5
Very bad or of low quality
83
7.7
Of very poor quality and likely to break
81
5.8
Not original and trying to be touching but it feels silly
68
4.3
Showy in a cheap way that looks bad
56
6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
37
3.7
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
30
4.5
Not made well and likely to break or stop working
24
7.8
A thing that looks showy but is cheap and low quality
8
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
4
6.4
Poorly made and cheap so it breaks or wears quickly
1
9.1
A thing that is cheap and badly made and shows little taste
1
5.2
Having the look or feel of cheap plastic
1
7.9
Cheap and poorly made, likely to fall apart quickly
1
9.2
Poor in quality and not good enough
1
5.0
A thing that is thin, weak, and breaks easily
1
7.0
Poor quality and disappointing
Cheap and poorly made
Very poor quality and not reliable
Of very poor quality and not good
A little silly and too sentimental, feeling fake
Antonyms
How Tacky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cheesy comes from the word cheese, the food, and long ago people used it to say something seemed 'cheap' or of low quality, like a bad piece of cheese. So when you call a watch or a room cheesy, you mean it looks cheaply made or shabby.