cheesy

See also cheezie

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: chēʹzē, IPA: /ˈtʃiːzi/, X-SAMPA: /"tSi:zi/
• Rhymes: -iːzi
• Homophone: cheezie

Etymology

cheese +‎ -y

Adjective

cheesy (comparative cheesier, superlative cheesiest)

1. of or relating to cheese

   This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness.

2. resembling, or containing cheese

   a cheesy flavor

   I like pizzas with a cheesy crust.

3. (informal) of poor quality through being overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived, shoddy

   a cheesy song

   a cheesy movie

Synonyms

(of poor quality through being overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived, shoddy):

• corny
• tacky

Derived terms

• cheesiness

Translations

of cheese

• Bulgarian: от сирене (bg) (ot sirene)
• French: fromageux (fr)
• German: käsig (de), Käse- (de)
• Ido: fromajala (io), fromajoza (io), fromajatra (io)
• Italian: caseoso (it)

• Polish: serowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: caseoso (pt)
• Russian: сырный (ru) (sýrnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sirni (sh)
• Spanish: caseoso (es)

resembling cheese

• Bulgarian: с вкус на сирене (bg) (s vkus na sirene)
• Finnish: juustomainen
• French: fromageux (fr)
• Italian: caseoso (it)

• Romanian: brânzos
• Russian: творожистый (ru) (tvoróžiztyj), казеозный (ru) (kazeóznyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sirast (sh)
• Spanish: caseoso (es)

overdramatic, clichéd

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陳腐 (cmn), 陈腐 (cmn) (chénfǔ)

• Czech: kýčovitý (cs) m
• Danish: cheesy (da)
• French: kitsch (fr)
• German: kitschig (de)
• Japanese: 安っぽい (ja) (yasuppoi), 見掛け倒しの (ja) (みかけだおしの, mikakedaoshi no)

• Polish: kiczowaty (pl) m
• Portuguese: cafona (pt), piegas (pt)
• Russian: низкопробный (ru) (nizkopróbnyj), дрянной (ru) (drjannój), затасканный (ru) (zatáskannyj), избитый (ru) (izbítyj), китчевый (ru) (kítčevyj)
• Spanish: sensiblero (es), hortera (es), cursi (es)
• Welsh: cawslyd (cy)