cheesy

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈtʃiːzi/ UK /ˈtʃiːzi/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
cheaply sentimental or tacky; resembling cheese

The film's cheesy dialogue made the whole audience groan.

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Synonyms

1 adj · cheaply sentimental or... corny tacky cheap tawdry kitschy mawkish trite

Opposites

tasteful classy sophisticated refined

Word family

Derived forms cheesilycheesiness

Related forms cheese cheeser

Etymology

From cheese + -y. Cheese is from Old English cīese, borrowed early from Latin cāseus ('cheese'). The figurative 'tacky' sense is 20th-century slang.

cīese Old English cāseus Latin

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Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

# cheesy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈtʃiːzi
**IPA (UK):** ˈtʃiːzi

## Meanings
1. cheaply sentimental or tacky; resembling cheese

## Examples
- The film's cheesy dialogue made the whole audience groan.

## Synonyms
- corny
- tacky
- cheap
- tawdry
- kitschy
- mawkish
- trite

## Antonyms
- tasteful
- classy
- sophisticated
- refined

## Derived Forms
- cheesily
- cheesiness

## Related Forms
- cheese
- cheeser

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cīese
- Root: cāseus

## Etymology
From cheese + -y. Cheese is from Old English cīese, borrowed early from Latin cāseus ('cheese'). The figurative 'tacky' sense is 20th-century slang.

## AI Etymology
Cheesy is from cheese + -y. Cheese is from Old English cīese, borrowed early from Latin cāseus ('cheese'). The figurative 'tacky' sense is 20th-century slang. In present-day use, it means cheaply sentimental or tacky; resembling cheese. Derived formations include cheesily and cheesiness. Related vocabulary includes cheese and cheeser.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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