chees|i|ness

chees|i|ness
chees|y «CHEE zee», adjective, chees|i|er, chees|i|est.
1. of or consisting of cheese: »

He had finished licking the cheesy part of a…Danish pastry (New Yorker).

SYNONYM(S): caseous.
2. like cheese.
3. Slang. of low quality; inferior: »

I went to Hartford to a cheesy hotel (Atlantic).

chees|i|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • chees|y — «CHEE zee», adjective, chees|i|er, chees|i|est. 1. of or consisting of cheese: »He had finished licking the cheesy part of a…Danish pastry (New Yorker). SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

  • chees — chees·ery; chees·i·ness; chees·ey; …   English syllables

  • cheesiness — chees·i·ness …   English syllables

  • cheesy — chees•y [[t]ˈtʃi zi[/t]] adj. chees•i•er, chees•i•est 1) of or like cheese 2) cvb sts Slang. inferior or cheap; shoddy • Etymology: 1350–1400 chees′i•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

  • Cheesiness — Chees i*ness, n. The quality of being cheesy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ey — ey·ak; ey·as; ey·en; ey·er; ey·ra; ey·rir; ey·ry; ey·sell; floo·ey; giv·ey; glu·ey; goo·ey; goos·ey; hock·ey·ist; hon·ey·ber·ry; hon·ey·dew; hon·ey·dewed; hon·ey·fug·gle; hon·ey·less; hoo·ey; hors·ey; hurl·ey; jock·ey·ship; lap·ey·rou·sia;… …   English syllables

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