cute

[ kyoot ]

/ kyut /

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adjective, cut·er, cut·est.

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.

noun

the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.

Words nearby cute

cutback, cutbank, cutch, cutcherry, cutdown, cute, cute as a button, cutesy, cutesy pie, cutesy-poo, cutey

Idioms for 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

First recorded in 1615–25; aphetic variant of acute

OTHER WORDS FROM cute

cute·ly, adverbcute·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for cutest

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Part of creating that environment was an informal dress code: The cutest outfit you had.
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But these clips—from our interview with cutest cat ever Lil Bub to the new ‘Hunger Games’ trailer—might get you smiling again.
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Because this video of An Old Lady Meeting Jay-Z may truly be the cutest thing ever.
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"It's one of the cutest things of the kind I've seen," said the American.
For the Allinson Honor|Harold Bindloss
Close by the gate is the cutest little house with an old man inside it who pops out and touches his hat.
The Adventures of Sally|P. G. Wodehouse
I haven't but the one I asked Mr. Hartman for, and they make the cutest penwipers for Christmas.
At the Little Brown House|Ruth Alberta Brown
Yes, I know that skeletons and the cutest little fish are in those museums.
Riviera Towns|Herbert Adams Gibbons
Beyond that all the cutest experts in false genealogies had failed to carry it convincingly.
The Old Flute-Player|Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey

British Dictionary definitions for cutest

cute

/ (kjuːt) /

adjective

appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way

mainly US informal sexually attractive

informal affecting cleverness or prettiness

clever; shrewd

Derived forms of cute

cutely, adverbcuteness, noun

Word Origin for cute

C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from acute

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cute

adjective, cut·er, cut·est.

noun

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Origin of cute

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adjective

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