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"word": "cheesily"
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"word": "cheesy chips"
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"word": "cheesy puff"
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"2": "käsig",
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},
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"word": "cream-cheesy"
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"word": "mac and cheesy"
}
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"text": "This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness."
}
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"Of or relating to cheese."
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"text": "a cheesy flavor; cheesy nachos",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "I like pizzas with a cheesy crust.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 8",
"text": "He pushed open the door, and a hideous cheesy smell of sour beer hit him in the face.",
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{
"ref": "2005, Thomas Mann, “Joseph in Egypt”, in John E. Woods, transl., Joseph and His Brothers, New York: Everyman's Library, Part 3, p. 633",
"text": "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.",
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"Resembling or containing cheese."
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{
"text": "a cheesy song; a cheesy movie",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The cheesy antics had everyone giggling.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2010, Michael Clarkson, chapter 4, in The Secret Life of Glenn Gould: A Genius in Love, Toronto: ECW Press, page 54",
"text": "Another night, when the local entertainers had gone home, Gould went into the empty lounge to play piano with a cheesy string of colored lights overhead and bongo drums at his side.",
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}
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"Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived."
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[
"emotional",
"emotional"
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"clichéd",
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"trite",
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"contrived"
]
],
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"(informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēžanagin",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "էժանագին"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sladnikav",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "сладникав"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "carrincló"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cursi"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "xaró"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "esnob"
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{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "tronat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "陳腐"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénfǔ",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "陈腐"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "klichéagtig"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "overdramatiseret"
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{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "oubollig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsahtava"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "juustoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kliseinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "ringard"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitschig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"topics": [
"music",
"entertainment",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "schnulzig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "de",
"english": "movie",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "voller Klischees"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "nyálas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "szirupos"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yasuppoi",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "安っぽい"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"alt": "みかけだおしの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mikakedaoshi no",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "見掛け倒しの"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kiczowaty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cafona"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "piegas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nizkopróbnyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "низкопро́бный"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drjannój",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "дрянно́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatáskannyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "зата́сканный"
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"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbítyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "изби́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kítčevyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "ки́тчевый"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "sensiblero"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "hortera"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cursi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "empalagoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cutrón"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "pasteloso"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "sến"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 82 7 9",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cawslyd"
}
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{
"ref": "1968, Hermann Hesse, chapter 1, in Michael Roloff, Bantam Books, transl., Beneath the Wheel, published 1970, page 30",
"text": "He would be apprenticed to some cheesy shop or become a clerk in an office and his entire life he would be one of the ordinary poor people, whom he despised and wanted to surpass.",
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{
"ref": "1977, Allen Ginsberg, “June 17, 1952”, in Gordon Ball, editor, Journals: Early Fifties, Early Sixties, New York: Grove Press, page 19",
"text": "I tagged along behind this culturally accomplished beast intelligence in my scuffed handmedown shoes, unpressed illfitting post adolescent suit, dirt ringed shirt and cheesy tie, hair askew and book underarm, perspiring perhaps.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Roger T. Dean, The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music",
"text": "I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Cheap, of poor quality."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Cheap, of poor quality."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cheap",
"word": "halpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 2 95 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cheap",
"word": "kehno"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 2 95 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cheap",
"word": "billig"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, Jeff Spanke, Second Hand Out, page 86",
"text": "Needless to say, toward the end of Martin's first term, the relationship he once enjoyed with President Waverly had evolved into a slapdash charade of cheap promises and cheesy smiles.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Ginny Felch, Photographing Children Photo Workshop",
"text": "There is something about 5- and 6-year-olds that makes them ever-ready to pose with the big, cheesy grin with no provocation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere. (of a smile or grin)"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "imelä"
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{
"_dis1": "0 3 4 13 80",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "teennäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 4 13 80",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "aufgesetzt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 4 13 80",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "gekünstelt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 4 13 80",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "künstlich"
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"_dis1": "0 3 4 13 80",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "smile or grin",
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"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃiːzi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːzi"
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"homophone": "cheezie"
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"word": "corny"
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"roman": "panrayin",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "պանրային"
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"sense": "of cheese",
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"sense": "of cheese",
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"sense": "of cheese",
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"sense": "of cheese",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "käsig"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "Käse-"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromaja"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromajala"
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{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "io",
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"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromajoza"
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{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of cheese",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "serowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
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{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sýrnyj",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "сы́рный"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "sirni"
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "cawslyd"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kezik",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "קעזיק"
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{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "panranman",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "պանրանման"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "s vkus na sirene",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "с вкус на сирене"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "caseós"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "juustomainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "fromageux"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "fromajatra"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "berkeju"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "brânzos"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvoróžistyj",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "творо́жистый"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kazeóznyj",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "казео́зный"
},
{
"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
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"_dis1": "48 52 0 0 0",
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
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"word": "cheesily"
},
{
"word": "cheesiness"
},
{
"word": "cheesy chips"
},
{
"word": "cheesylicious"
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"word": "uncheesy"
}
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{
"word": "mac and cheesy"
}
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness."
}
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{
"text": "I like pizzas with a cheesy crust.",
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{
"ref": "1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 8",
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{
"ref": "2005, Thomas Mann, “Joseph in Egypt”, in John E. Woods, transl., Joseph and His Brothers, New York: Everyman's Library, Part 3, p. 633",
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "a cheesy song; a cheesy movie",
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{
"text": "The cheesy antics had everyone giggling.",
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},
{
"ref": "2010, Michael Clarkson, chapter 4, in The Secret Life of Glenn Gould: A Genius in Love, Toronto: ECW Press, page 54",
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}
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"ref": "1968, Hermann Hesse, chapter 1, in Michael Roloff, Bantam Books, transl., Beneath the Wheel, published 1970, page 30",
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},
{
"ref": "1977, Allen Ginsberg, “June 17, 1952”, in Gordon Ball, editor, Journals: Early Fifties, Early Sixties, New York: Grove Press, page 19",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Roger T. Dean, The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"(informal) Cheap, of poor quality."
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"informal"
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{
"ref": "2008, Jeff Spanke, Second Hand Out, page 86",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Ginny Felch, Photographing Children Photo Workshop",
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}
],
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},
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"homophone": "cheezie"
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"word": "cheeseball"
},
{
"word": "corny"
},
{
"word": "tacky"
},
{
"word": "cheesey"
}
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "panrayin",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "պանրային"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ot sirene",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "от сирене"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseós"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "juustoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromageux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "käsig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "Käse-"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromaja"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromajala"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "fromajoza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of cheese",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "serowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sýrnyj",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "сы́рный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "sirni"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "cawslyd"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kezik",
"sense": "of cheese",
"word": "קעזיק"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "panranman",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "պանրանման"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "s vkus na sirene",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "с вкус на сирене"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "caseós"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "juustomainen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "fromageux"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "fromajatra"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "berkeju"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "brânzos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvoróžistyj",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "творо́жистый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kazeóznyj",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "казео́зный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "sirast"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "caseoso"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "cawslyd"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kezik",
"sense": "resembling cheese",
"word": "קעזיק"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēžanagin",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "էժանագին"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sladnikav",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "сладникав"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "carrincló"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cursi"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "xaró"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "esnob"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "tronat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "陳腐"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénfǔ",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "陈腐"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kýčovitý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "klichéagtig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "overdramatiseret"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "oubollig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsahtava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "juustoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kliseinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "ringard"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitschig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"topics": [
"music",
"entertainment",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "schnulzig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "movie",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "voller Klischees"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "nyálas"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "szirupos"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yasuppoi",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "安っぽい"
},
{
"alt": "みかけだおしの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mikakedaoshi no",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "見掛け倒しの"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kiczowaty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cafona"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "piegas"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nizkopróbnyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "низкопро́бный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drjannój",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "дрянно́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatáskannyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "зата́сканный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbítyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "изби́тый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kítčevyj",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "ки́тчевый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "sensiblero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "hortera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cursi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "kitsch"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "empalagoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cutrón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "pasteloso"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "sến"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "overdramatic, clichéd",
"word": "cawslyd"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cheap",
"word": "halpa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cheap",
"word": "kehno"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cheap",
"word": "billig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "imelä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "teennäinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "aufgesetzt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "gekünstelt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "künstlich"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "smile or grin",
"word": "tillgjord"
}
],
"word": "cheesy"
}
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