I'm looking for either an adjective or a noun, that describes lines like

> 僕は死ぬまであなたのことを忘れない！
>
> 僕は永遠に君のことを愛してる！
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> 僕はずっとここで待ってる！

Yeah, you know, these over-melodramatic lines in dramas with sad violin music
playing in the background at the end of the script.

A dictionary tells me （ド）派手 , but the example sentences only show it being
used to describe flashy clothes.
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What would be a correct term to describe a "cheesy" line?
How about...

>   * [臭]{くさ}い・くさい・クサい
>   * クサい[台詞]{せりふ}
>   * くっさー！ (← Is this Kansai dialect?)
>

or...

>   * [安]{やす}っぽいセリフ
>   * [陳腐]{ちんぷ}なセリフ
>

... maybe?
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You could say the above lines sound affected or unnatural and are deliberately
going for dramatic effect, in which case わざとらしい is a good fit. I first
encountered this phrase in Saga no Gabai baachan, where the author describes a
tearjerker scene in a drama that is put there on purpose to make the viewers
break down and sob.

Otherwise, if you think the lines are uncool or cheesy, psosuna's suggestion
of ダサい and 格好悪い is a nice one, especially if you're describing the feeling and
emotional reaction it elicits.

Chocolate's is also very good, I think.
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I'll add to the choices already out there.

歯の浮くようなセリフ is a phrase that comes to mind. Literally it means a "line that
makes one set one's teeth on edge", or how I would put it, a "line that is
cringe-worthy".

Or maybe something even simpler, like 恥ずかしいセリフ "a line that's embarrassing
(note the embarrassing is referring to the line itself)" or 痛い "so embarrasing
it's hard to bear (this is a bit slangy)". 寒い is another word you can use to
describe, meaning dull or corny.
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Just to add to the options that have already been raised, the first option
that came to my mind was something along the lines of ベタすぎるセリフ (literally "an
excessively cliched line").

I think a lot of the options that have been raised so far sound a bit more
overtly negative than "cheesy" (which is usually disparaging but in an
affectionate way); ベタ seems perhaps a bit closer to "cheesy" in that respect
for me.
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