cheesiest
- 1Superlative of cheesy.
He saved his cheesiest jokes for the wedding toast, and the whole room groaned.
She flashed her cheesiest grin for the camera and held it until the flash went off.
Note
Like happiest and funniest, this superlative changes the final y of cheesy to i before -est. It carries every meaning of cheesy at once, from the taste of cheese to the corny, the forced and the cheap, so the noun that follows does the sorting: the cheesiest pizza is the one loaded with cheese, the cheesiest grin is the forced one, and the cheesiest joke draws the loudest groan.
cheesiest is a form of cheesy
cheesy, adjective: Overdramatic, excessively emotional, or full of clichés, in a way that feels trite and contrived. Full entry
- Spelling
- cheesy → cheesiest: change y to i, add -est
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