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cheesy - 6 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
| Synonyms: | cheesy*, corny*, gooey*, honeyed, mushy*, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, cornball, cutesy, drippy, over-sentimental, oversweet, syrupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, makeshift, mean, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy*, second-rate*, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, discreditable, junky, not up to snuff, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, barren, bogus, cheap, cheesy, crappy*, crummy*, despicable, empty, flimsy, garbage, good-for-nothing*, grungy, inferior, lousy, ratty, raunchy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry, useless, valueless, cruddy, junky, low in quality, no-good |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | two-bit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, worth very little |
| Synonyms: | base, cheesy, crappy*, garbage, gaudy, inferior, lousy, piddling, poor, ratty, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, trashy, valueless, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, junky, no good, rinky-dink, tatty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
| Synonyms: | abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news*, beastly, blah*, bummer*, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, crummy*, defective, deficient, dissatisfactory, downer*, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, gross*, grungy*, icky*, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, lousy*, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, bottom out, cruddy, diddly, godawful, grody, junky, not good, the pits |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, low in quality |
| Synonyms: | bad, base, bogus, cheesy, common, commonplace, crappy*, dud, flashy, garbage, garish, lousy, mangy, mean, mediocre, meretricious, ordinary, paltry, poor, ratty, raunchy, rotten, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, tawdry, terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant*, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, glitzy, junky, no bargain, no good, rinky-dink, rubbishy, scroungy, tatty |
| Antonyms: | excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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