cheesy
/ˈt͡ʃiːzi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.58 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Constituting or involving a technique considered unsporting or inelegant.
Example Sentences
- "This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness."
- "Near-synonym: cheesen (“made of cheese”)"
- "a cheesy flavor; cheesy nachos"
- "I like pizzas with a cheesy crust."
- "He pushed open the door, and a hideous cheesy smell of sour beer hit him in the face."
- "He saw skin of every shade, from obsidian black through all the stages of brown and yellow to cheesy white, he even saw yellow hair and azure-colored eyes, faces and garments of every cut—he saw humanity."
Etymology
From Middle English chesy, equivalent to cheese + -y. Doublet of caseic. Compare German käsig (“cheesy”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: chesy