cheesy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: games
gaming
Etymology: From Middle English chesy, equivalent to cheese + -y. Doublet of caseic.
Compare German käsig (“cheesy”).
Base: cheese
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: cheesier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: cheesiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cheesey
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to cheese.
pos: adj
examples: This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness.
gloss: Resembling or containing cheese.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: cheesen (“made of cheese”)
a cheesy flavor; cheesy nachos
I like pizzas with a cheesy crust.
He pushed open the door, and a hideous cheesy smell of sour beer hit him in the face.
He saw skin of every shade, from obsidian black through all the stages of brown and yellow to cheesy white, he even saw yellow hair and azure-colored eyes, faces and garments of every cut—he saw humanity.
That was the first calzone I made after my Lucali meal, and the recipe is a good template for a calzone of the cheesiest kind.
If you’ve ever eaten Buffalo chicken wings and thought, “These are so good, I just wish they were meltier and cheesier so I could scoop them up with tortilla chips,” here’s Ali’s Buffalo chicken dip.
gloss: Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: a cheesy song; a cheesy movie
The cheesy antics had everyone giggling.
Another night, when the local entertainers had gone home, Gould went into the empty lounge to play piano with a cheesy string of colored lights overhead and bongo drums at his side.
gloss: Cheap, of poor quality.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: He would be apprenticed to some cheesy shop or become a clerk in an office and his entire life he would be one of the ordinary poor people, whom he despised and wanted to surpass.
I tagged along behind this culturally accomplished beast intelligence in my scuffed handmedown shoes, unpressed illfitting post adolescent suit, dirt ringed shirt and cheesy tie, hair askew and book underarm, perspiring perhaps.
I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.
gloss: Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere. (of a smile or grin)
pos: adj
examples: Needless to say, toward the end of Martin's first term, the relationship he once enjoyed with President Waverly had evolved into a slapdash charade of cheap promises and cheesy smiles.
There is something about 5- and 6-year-olds that makes them ever-ready to pose with the big, cheesy grin with no provocation.
gloss: Constituting or involving a technique considered unsporting or inelegant.
pos: adj
examples: The Abyss is a bit worrisome, but what with the teleport control, you should be able to handle Pan. Just in case, I'll remind you that a) you can't be banished from a Labyrinth, b) you can't be banished if you're levitating (not flying) -- cheesy but effective
Related words: cream-cheesy
mac and cheesy
Derived words: cheesily
cheesiness
cheesy chips
cheesylicious
cheesymite
cheesy puff
uncheesy
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: պանրային
roman: panrayin
lang: Bulgarian
word: от сирене
roman: ot sirene
lang: Catalan
word: caseós
lang: Finnish
word: juustoinen
lang: French
word: fromageux
lang: German
word: käsig
lang: German
word: Käse-
lang: Ido
word: fromaja
lang: Ido
word: fromajala
lang: Ido
word: fromajoza
lang: Italian
word: caseoso
lang: Polish
word: serowy
lang: Portuguese
word: caseoso
lang: Russian
word: сы́рный
roman: sýrnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sirni
lang: Spanish
word: caseoso
lang: Welsh
word: cawslyd
lang: Yiddish
word: קעזיק
roman: kezik
lang: Armenian
word: պանրանման
roman: panranman
lang: Bulgarian
word: с вкус на сирене
roman: s vkus na sirene
lang: Catalan
word: caseós
lang: Finnish
word: juustomainen
lang: French
word: fromageux
lang: Ido
word: fromajatra
lang: Indonesian
word: berkeju
lang: Italian
word: caseoso
lang: Romanian
word: brânzos
lang: Russian
word: творо́жистый
roman: tvoróžistyj
lang: Russian
word: казео́зный
roman: kazeóznyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sirast
lang: Spanish
word: caseoso
lang: Welsh
word: cawslyd
lang: Yiddish
word: קעזיק
roman: kezik