He keeps giving me cheesy compliments, although I've made it clear that I'm not interested in him.
Source: tatoeba (4027214)
Cheesy
//ˈt͡ʃiːzi//
Synonyms for "cheesy" (131 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 25 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- էժանագին adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- պանրային adj (of cheese)
- պանրանման adj (resembling cheese)
Bulgarian
3 entries- от сирене adj (of cheese)
- с вкус на сирене adj (resembling cheese)
- сладникав adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Catalan
4 entries- carrincló adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- caseós adj (of cheese)
- caseós adj (resembling cheese)
- cursi adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 陳腐 /陈腐 adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Czech
1 entries- kýčovitý adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Danish
3 entries- kitsch adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- klichéagtig adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- overdramatiseret adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Dutch
1 entries- oubollig adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Finnish
4 entries- halpa adj (cheap)
- imelä adj (smile or grin)
- juustoinen adj (of cheese)
- juustoinen adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
French
4 entries- faux adj (smile or grin)
- forcé adj (smile or grin)
- fromageux adj (of cheese)
- fromageux adj (resembling cheese)
German
4 entries- Käse adj (of cheese)
- aufgesetzt adj (smile or grin)
- billig adj (cheap)
- gekünstelt adj (smile or grin)
Hungarian
2 entries- nyálas adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- szirupos adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Ido
4 entries- fromaja adj (of cheese)
- fromajala adj (of cheese)
- fromajatra adj (resembling cheese)
- fromajoza adj (of cheese)
Indonesian
1 entries- berkeju adj (resembling cheese)
Italian
2 entries- caseoso adj (of cheese)
- caseoso adj (resembling cheese)
Japanese
2 entries- 安っぽい adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- 見掛け倒しの adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Polish
2 entries- kiczowaty adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- serowy adj (of cheese)
Portuguese
3 entries- cafona adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- caseoso adj (of cheese)
- piegas adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Romanian
1 entries- brânzos adj (resembling cheese)
Russian
4 entries- дрянно́й adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- зата́сканный adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- изби́тый adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- казео́зный adj (resembling cheese)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sirast adj (resembling cheese)
- sirni adj (of cheese)
Spanish
4 entries- caseoso adj (of cheese)
- caseoso adj (resembling cheese)
- cursi adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
- cutrón adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Swedish
1 entries- tillgjord adj (smile or grin)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sến adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Welsh
3 entries- cawslyd adj (of cheese)
- cawslyd adj (resembling cheese)
- cawslyd adj (overdramatic, clichéd)
Yiddish
2 entries- קעזיק adj (of cheese)
- קעזיק adj (resembling cheese)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
He simply loves cheesy bread.
Source: tatoeba (5788909)
I know it sounds cheesy.
Source: tatoeba (6540985)
Tom likes cheesy movies.
Source: tatoeba (6763688)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
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