Complete Definition of "cheesy"

English

Pronunciation
AHD|ch�ʹz�, IPA|/�t�i�zi/, SAMPA|/"tSi:zi/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�zi|-i�zi

Adjective
en-adj-er-y|chees|y

  1. of or relating to cheese
  2. resembling cheese

#: a cheesy flavor

  1. informal of poor quality through being overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd

#:a cheesy song
#:a cheesy movie

  1. informal of a solution to a problem, inelegant, showing no skill (see wikipedia:brute force method|brute force method)

#: Using an infinite number of monkeys to write television shows is cheesy.

#: That was pretty cheesy how you just kept jump-kicking me the whole time.

Derived terms
cheesiness

Translations
trans-top|of cheese
Spanish: caseoso
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|resembling cheese
Finnish: juustomainen
trans-mid
Romanian: brânzos
Spanish: caseoso
trans-bottom

trans-top|overdramatic, clichéd
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|inelegant, showing no skill
Finnish: kehno
Portuguese: brega
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trans-bottom

fa:cheesy
it:cheesy
ru:cheesy
vi:cheesy
zh:cheesy

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