Cheesy Moderate

Cheesy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Adjective

of very poor quality; flimsy

"The old bridge felt so cheesy that I was terrified to step onto it during the storm."

bum cheap cheesy chintzy crummy punk sleazy tinny

Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.

"The movie's ending felt so cheesy that I couldn't help but laugh at how predictable and over-the-top the villain's sacrifice was."

Origin

From Middle English chesy, equivalent to cheese + -y. Doublet of caseic. Compare German käsig ("cheesy").

Rhyming Words

duesy leesy poesy heresy bluesy cutesy jonesy salesy curtesy phoresy geodesy x filesy courtesy prophesy trophesy homomesy scholesy uncourtesy selenodesy discourtesy

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