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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
The thick, cheesy layers arrive at your table bubbling in the pan, and the wait is part of the ritual.
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Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
This forms a striking contrast with the scenes fashioned to look exactly like a typical cheesy reality TV show, with all the glitter balls, high-resolution close-ups and corny cutaways to crying family members, when Lea gets on the show.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Our set-it-and-forget-it recipe uses mozzarella for the cheesy layers and takes about four hours to cook.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 12 Feb. 2026
His designs could make women and men look garish, in their unorthodox but cheesy materials (crystal mesh, latex, S&M buckles).
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
This forms a striking contrast with the scenes fashioned to look exactly like a typical cheesy reality TV show, with all the glitter balls, high-resolution close-ups and corny cutaways to crying family members, when Lea gets on the show.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Our set-it-and-forget-it recipe uses mozzarella for the cheesy layers and takes about four hours to cook.
—Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 12 Feb. 2026
His designs could make women and men look garish, in their unorthodox but cheesy materials (crystal mesh, latex, S&M buckles).
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheesy
Adjective
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The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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At first, the teen denied having an inappropriate relationship with Rivera.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Unlike rivals giving subscribers a choice of ad-free plans or cheaper tiers with ads, Amazon defaulted to ads for all subscribers to Prime, allowing an opt-out for an extra premium.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rivian has been teasing the R2 for a while now, dangling the promise of a smaller, cheaper, more attainable version of its beloved R1S in front of adventure-hungry buyers who couldn’t quite stretch to the $77,000-plus sticker of its halo SUV.—
Kevin Sintumuang,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
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At Junya Watanabe, models walked with a sense of performance rarely seen today except in old videos of couture shows from the 1990s, wearing gowns assembled of athletic equipment and tacky leopard and faux fur fabrics of the kind idolized by Limited Too shoppers.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Dough should be slightly tacky.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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As compiled by Gnostics, who consider the material world to be a fundamentally terrible place.—
Jay Martel,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Astros’ young second baseman, Jose Altuve, was making waves, Fisher remembered, yet the club still looked terrible.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The disease causes bitter, misshapen fruit unsuitable for sale or eating; infected trees eventually die, according to the CDFA.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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So many clubs have fallen victim to unsuitable ownership and abject mismanagement, dragged down far beyond their natural level.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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City officials say the long-term leases make buying Liberty Station a poor investment for any potential buyer other than Seligman.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Further, according to the paper, when supply tightens, richer nations outbid poorer ones for scarce shipments, exacerbating challenges for vulnerable economies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The puffy top is really chic but a little trashy (her sweetspot).—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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There’s a classic scene with Bill Murray, where the dapper Chase must play a ball that has landed in Murray’s trashy shack at night.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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Nobody paid much attention to weather forecasts because winter days were usually the same and, if different, just worse.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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Jokic eagerly took advantage of bad transition defense, looking for long outlet passes to Braun and Bruce Brown.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Cheesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheesy. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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