1
as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
cheesy plastic knickknacks lined the fireplace mantel
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as in cheap
of low quality
a cheesy watch that he bought from a sidewalk vendor preying on tourists
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Recent Examples of cheesy
Here, they're served with cheesy tortellini and a creamy butter sauce.
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Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
Plus, those cheesy garlic breadsticks are heaven.
—Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Thick pork chops or a cheesy Horseshoe Sandwich satisfy diners at Weezy's Route 66 Bar and Grill in Hamel.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Sugar snap salad, cheesy green pea fritters, shrimp and pea pancakes, and more ways to load your spring dinner plan with all the peas.
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
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Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
Plus, those cheesy garlic breadsticks are heaven.
—Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Thick pork chops or a cheesy Horseshoe Sandwich satisfy diners at Weezy's Route 66 Bar and Grill in Hamel.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Sugar snap salad, cheesy green pea fritters, shrimp and pea pancakes, and more ways to load your spring dinner plan with all the peas.
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheesy
Adjective
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In a stunning turn of events, news broke that Moore had allegedly been carrying on an inappropriate relationship with an athletic department employee.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The news comes as several members of Congress have faced ethics investigations, including inappropriate relationships with staff members, that have led to three resignations.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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But by tweaking this archetype again and again, Chan transforms a cheap gimmick into a complex ecosystem of life-forms.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The cheapest available seat was listed at $237 as of Friday evening.—
Annie Costabile,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sports franchises everywhere can be tacky, rapacious, incompetent, extortionate, and otherwise exploitative, but only because their customers, the fans, are essentially captives.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Roll each piece between your palms until round, smooth, and a bit tacky but not gooey.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Apr. 2026
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If anything, great public pressure being brought to bear is a terrible reason to dispense with due-process protections designed to protect the legal rights of individuals, and crafting one exception would seem to create a precedent for crafting others.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some members of Congress, along with airline CEOs and analysts, say the bailout would be a terrible idea.—
Donald Judd,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Unless the seeds were stored in a damp or otherwise unsuitable location, seed germination rates don’t decline all at once.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Apr. 2026
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Corn is an unsuitable companion plant for peppers due to its towering size.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Braves couldn’t overcome a poor start from Reynaldo López and saw their six-game winning streak fall by the wayside in an 11-4 loss to the Nationals on Tuesday at Nationals Park.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to his fatal overdose, Prince was in poor health and was forced to cancel shows in Atlanta.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Much of what Amazing Stories published was forgettable to trashy, but there was still in Gernsback’s own inimitably goofy manner a stunning optimism, a vision that the future could perhaps be better than the present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Written for a trashy ‘80s teen movie, this tune is rousing and bratty in classic Cheap Trick style.—
Brett Milano,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The combination of a shaky bullpen and even worse infield defense harmed the Twins multiple times during the team’s current four-game losing streak.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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To be unreasonable is to be a bad survivalist.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Cheesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheesy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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