cheesy

chees·y  (chz)

adj. chees·i·er, chees·i·est

1. Containing or resembling cheese.

2. Informal Of poor quality; shoddy.

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[Sense 2, possibly from cheesy, showy, from cheese³.]

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cheesi·ly adv.

cheesi·ness n.

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cheesy

Adjective

[cheesier, cheesiest]

1. like cheese

2. Informal (of a smile) broad but possibly insincere

3. Informal in poor taste: a cheesy game show

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cheesy - of very poor quality; flimsy chintzy, crummy, punk, bum, sleazy, tinny, cheap colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality