cutesy
or cute·sie
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered: cutesy greeting cards, with animals peeking from behind flowers.
Origin of cutesy
1Other words from cutesy
- cute·si·ness, noun
Words Nearby cutesy
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How to use cutesy in a sentence
Stylus lets you install themes on your favorite websites—you can make even the soberest of news outlets look like a cutesy kawaii shop.
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This cutesy and quirky pillow adds visual interest to any hypochondriac’s home.
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The Washington Post’s Peeps diorama contest may be no more, but we at The Style Invitational chirped right up with our own, decidedly less cutesy replacement featuring the Brood of 2021 — call them the Antipeeps.
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A good commercial Christmas song must avoid being too sentimental or too cutesy.
And there are vast stretches of the nation that have yet to be carpet-bombed with cutesy shops.
Frozen-Yogurt Shops Are Everywhere, but We Are Nowhere Near Saturation | Daniel Gross | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe blowouts have cutesy names fitted to the bar theme like “The Manhattan” and “Straight Up.”
Blow Dry Bars Are a Thriving Industry Disrupting the Salon Business | Kelsey Meany | July 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the end, Kasper presents the artist as a cutesy-pie clown that others can ogle at will.
The cutesy illustrations on the smartly designed site are paired with the wry wit featured in columns like “Misogynist Soup.”
British Dictionary definitions for cutesy
/ (ˈkjuːtsɪ) /
informal, mainly US affectedly cute or coy
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