cute
attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
appealing and delightful; charming: What a cute toy!
affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.
mentally keen; clever; shrewd.
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.
Idioms about cute
meet cute, Informal.
(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.
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.
Origin of cute
1Other words from cute
- cutely, adverb
- cuteness, noun
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How to use cute in a sentence
He wanted it to be cuter because it was Christmastime, and he wanted it to be sweet.
Michel Gondry on ‘Mood Indigo,’ Kanye West, and the 10th Anniversary of ‘Eternal Sunshine’ | Marlow Stern | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are few things cuter than a little kid killing it on the ukulele.
Lennon and Maisy Stella & More YouTube Musical Prodigies (Video) | Jake Heller | June 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJust when I think Jemaine is the dry cute one, Bret does something even cuter and drier.
He's got several, of course, but I guess you'll go a long way before you find anything cuter.
The Golden Scarecrow | Hugh WalpoleShe must be awfully cute to have noticed it too—cuter than his sisters.
Openings in the Old Trail | Bret Harte
Honest, Polly, I never saw a garden any prettier and cuter than this is.
The Turner Twins | Ralph Henry Barbour"I'll go," the words were hurled at him, and he handed her Cuter Malone's sack.
Snowdrift | James B. HendryxHe rode his hunch, and at Cuter Malone's wheel he tossed fifty ounces on Number 21.
Snowdrift | James B. Hendryx
British Dictionary definitions for cute
/ (kjuːt) /
appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way
mainly US informal sexually attractive
informal affecting cleverness or prettiness
clever; shrewd
Origin of cute
1Derived forms of cute
- cutely, adverb
- cuteness, noun
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