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Synonyms & Antonyms of cheesy
- cheesy plastic knickknacks lined the fireplace mantel
Synonyms for cheesy
- dowdy,
- inelegant,
- styleless,
- tacky,
- tasteless,
- ticky-tacky
- (also ticky-tack),
- trashy,
- unfashionable,
- unstylish
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- a cheesy watch that he bought from a sidewalk vendor preying on tourists
Synonyms for cheesy
- bad,
- bargain-basement,
- bum,
- cheap,
- cheapjack,
- coarse,
- common,
- crappy
- [slang],
- cut-rate,
- el cheapo,
- execrable,
- gimcrack,
- inferior,
- junky,
- lousy,
- low-grade,
- low-rent,
- mediocre,
- miserable,
- poor,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- schlock
- (or schlocky also shlock or shlocky),
- second-rate,
- shoddy,
- sleazy,
- terrible,
- trashy,
- trumpery,
- wretched
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“Cheesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheesy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.
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The first known use of cheesy was in the 14th century
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