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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.

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RELATED WORDS

beautiful, charming, pleasant, delightful, pretty, adorable, dainty

Nearby words

  1. cutback,
  2. cutbank,
  3. cutch,
  4. cutcherry,
  5. cutdown,
  6. cute as a button,
  7. cutely,
  8. cutesy,
  9. cutesy pie,
  10. cutesy-poo

Idioms

    meet cute, Informal.
    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.

Origin of cute

First recorded in 1615–25; aphetic variant of acute
Related formscute·ly, adverbcute·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for cutest

cute

adjective

appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way
mainly US informal sexually attractive
informal affecting cleverness or prettiness
clever; shrewd
Derived Formscutely, adverbcuteness, noun

Word Origin for cute

C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from acute
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for cutest

cute

adj.

1731, "clever," shortening of acute; informal sense of "pretty" is 1834, American English student slang. Related: Cuteness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper