cutesy
or cute·sie
[kyoot-see]
- forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered: cutesy greeting cards, with animals peeking from behind flowers.
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Origin of cutesy
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Related Words for cutesy
sugary, sentimental, gooey, sappy, saccharine, syrupy, honeyed, artistic, arty-crafty, cutesy, cheesy, corny, mushy, drippy, cornball, over-sentimental, oversweetExamples from the Web for cutesy
Contemporary Examples of cutesy
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.
The blowouts have cutesy names fitted to the bar theme like “The Manhattan” and “Straight Up.”
The cutesy illustrations on the smartly designed site are paired with the wry wit featured in columns like “Misogynist Soup.”
cutesy
- informal, mainly US affectedly cute or coy
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Word Origin and History for cutesy
"artificially or annoyingly cute," by 1968, from cute (adj.).
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