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View synonyms for cute

cute

[kyoot]

adjective

cuter, cutest 
  1. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty.

    a cute child; a cute little apartment.

  2. appealing and delightful; charming.

    What a cute toy!

  3. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious.

    The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.

  4. mentally keen; clever; shrewd.



noun

  1. Informal.,  the cutes, self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness.

    The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.

cute

/ kjuːt /

adjective

  1. appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way

  2. informal,  sexually attractive

  3. informal,  affecting cleverness or prettiness

  4. clever; shrewd

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Other Word Forms

  • cutely adverb
  • cuteness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cute1

First recorded in 1615–25; aphetic variant of acute
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cute1

C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from acute
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. meet cute,

    1. (of a romantic couple) to meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way.

      In this type of movie the boy and girl always meet cute.

    2. Also meet-cute a situation or occasion when potential romantic partners meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way.

      a classic Hollywood meet cute; his meet-cute with Jane in the bookstore.

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Example Sentences

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Sometimes the clues are more cute than scary, such as the references to Heraclitus, the ancient Greek philosopher who asserted the illusory nature of reality.

“I actually grew up playing a little bit. I remember for one of my birthdays, I got this cute little set of pink golf clubs,” Clark said.

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Some Los Angeles residents find the bots cute and endearing.

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Jade’s gang escapes in two big buses with Luis and Esteban bouncing behind in their minivan, a cute dog on the kid’s lap.

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“She’s such a cute girl and I’m just dying to see her,” said Denes.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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