cheesy
pronunciation
How to pronounce cheesy in British English:
UK [ˈtʃi:zi]
How to pronounce cheesy in American English:
US [ˈtʃizi]
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- Adjective:
- of very poor quality
Word Origin
- cheesy (adj.)
- "cheese-like," late 14c., from cheese (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "cheap, inferior" is attested from 1896, perhaps originally U.S. student slang, along with cheese (n.) "an ignorant, stupid person." In late 19c. British slang, cheesy was "fine, showy" (1858), probably from cheese (n.2) and some suggest the modern derogatory use is an "ironic reversal" of this. The word was in common use in medical writing in the late 19c. to describe morbid substances found in tubers, decaying flesh, etc.
Example
- 1. What qualifications do you have asked me , that 's a ghost ( turned cheesy leave )
- 2. This song sounds really cheesy .
- 3. That show was so cheesy .
- 4. As for me , I need something a bit more cheesy .
- 5. The cheap sets and cheesy special effects of the hammer of yore will remain dead and buried .