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cheesy

 
(chē') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Containing or resembling cheese.
  2. Informal. Of poor quality; shoddy.

[Sense 2, possibly from cheesy, showy, from CHEESE3.]

cheesily chees'i·ly adv.
cheesiness chees'i·ness n.

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Roget's Thesaurus:

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adjective

    Of decidedly inferior quality: base, cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy. Slang crummy, schlocky. See good/bad.

AMG AllGame Guide:

Cheesy

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  • Release Date: 1996
  • Genre: Action
  • Style: 3D Platform
adjective
Also cheesey Also cheesey
adjective

Inferior, second-rate, cheap and nasty. (1896 —) .
R. Macaulay Hare and rabbit fur are just utterly revolting and cheesey (1930).



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Cheesy may refer to:

  • the word:
  1. Containing or resembling cheese.
  2. Also slang for not acceptable in a manner that most would think is embarrassing or just not "cool".
  3. (informally) Trite, contrived, cliche. Often of poor quality; shoddy.
  4. Unintentionally disingenuous, lacking subtlety and lacking discernment.

Translations:

Cheesy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flot, osteagtig, luset

Nederlands (Dutch)
kaasachtig, goedkoop, stinkend

Français (French)
adj. - de fromage, large (sourire), (US) louche

Deutsch (German)
adj. - käseartig, minderwertig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τυροειδής, σαν τυρί, (καθομ.) παρακατιανός, φτηνιάρικος

Italiano (Italian)
scadente, falso, sleale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - queijoso, de baixa qualidade (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
напоминающий сыр, жалкий, бедный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - que sabe a queso, caseoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ostlik, illaluktande (sl.), urdålig (am.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
干酪质的, 潇洒的, 俊俏的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 乾酪質的, 瀟灑的, 俊俏的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 치즈질의, 하찮은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - チーズ質の, チーズの風味のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يشبه طعم أو رائحه الجبن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של גבינה, עלוב, זול‬


 
 
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