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adjective, chees·i·er, chees·i·est.of or like cheese: a cheesy aroma; a cheesy taste. Slang. inferior or cheap; chintzy: The movie's special effects are cheesy and unconvincing. Origin of cheesy1350–1400; Middle English. See cheese1, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM cheesychees·i·ly, adverbchees·i·ness, nounWords nearby cheesycheese steak, cheese straw, cheese tray, cheesewood, cheese worker's lung, cheesy, cheetah, Cheever, chef, chef de cuisine, chef-d'oeuvre Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cheesyWhile fun, the movie features bouts of cheesy dialog that may be off-putting to some viewers. A documentary and a Bollywood film highlight two disparate paths in mathematics|Emily Conover|October 15, 2020|Science News That’s how we got stuck with somewhat cheesy names for certain fundamental particles, such as “charm” and “strange” quarks, for example. ‘The End of Everything’ explores the ways the universe could perish|Emily Conover|August 4, 2020|Science News It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching. ‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST He was grabbing my hips and he was pouring with perspiration and he had this cheesy smile. From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man?|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Our hopes have gotten so cheesy that even the cheese is ersatz. Tina Brown: Why Kim Kardashian Isn’t ‘Aspirational'|Tina Brown|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST A cheesy slice of heaven tastes great, but how does it feel? Pizza Might Be Your Enemy|Daniela Drake|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Its eighties music is so cheesy and the struggle is so real. The Best Celebrity Cameos in Super Bowl Ads|Marina Watts|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The larger milk ducts contain yellowish, cheesy particles, in which are many tubercle bacilli. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture It was also seen in the nodules of pearly distemper and in the cheesy masses from the lungs of cattle. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various Corn that has a cheesy appearance after canning had reached the dough stage before being packed. Every Step in Canning|Grace Viall Gray Birch-Hirschfeld asserts that cheesy degeneration of the mesenteric glands is always accompanied by tubercular formations. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various Cheesy tubercles as large as a pea, both ulcerated and non-ulcerated, have been found in the stomach, but they are very rare. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
British Dictionary definitions for cheesy
adjective cheesier or cheesiestlike cheese in flavour, smell, or consistency informal (of a smile) broad but possibly insincerea big cheesy grin informal banal or trite; in poor taste Derived forms of cheesycheesiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cheesyinferior, poor, shabby, sleazy, trashy, worthless |