1. Resembling or relating to cheese
   "The dish had a rich, cheesy flavour"
    
2. [informal] Effusively or insincerely emotional
   "a cheesy novel";
   - bathetic, drippy [informal], hokey [N. Amer, informal], maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy [informal], schmaltzy [informal], schmalzy [informal], sentimental, sappy [informal], soppy [Brit, informal], soupy [informal], slushy [informal], corny [informal], cutesy [informal], gooey [informal], weepy [informal]
    
3. [informal] Of very poor quality
   "The motel had a cheesy decor";
   - bum [informal], cheap, chintzy [N. Amer, informal], crummy [informal], punk [N. Amer, informal], tinny [archaic], tacky [informal], crumby [informal]

Derived forms: cheesier, cheesiest

See also: cornball [N. Amer, informal], emotional, gimcrack, inferior, lovey-dovey [informal], tacky [informal], tawdry

Encyclopedia: Cheesy