Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Delightfully pretty or dainty.
- adj. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humor—it's an insufferably cute performance” ( David Ansen).
- adj. Shrewd; clever.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Acute; clever; sharp; smart.
Wiktionary
- adj. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
- adj. Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
- adj. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
- adj. Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see term.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.
- adj. pleasantly attractive, in a delicate way; -- said of children, young ladies, pet animals and some objects, but seldom of adults.
- adj. smart-alecky or impertinent.
- adj. affectedly clever.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
- adj. obviously contrived to charm
Etymologies
- Short for acute.
Examples
“The term 'cute' and 'tool' aren't often associated, but I can't think of a better way to describe this tiny screwdriver designed to look like a miniature tank hanging from your keyring.”
“Along the same line up as their sisters Morning Musume, and Berryz Kubo, these group of adorable girls perfectly represent the definition of the term cute with their uniforms and infectious bubblegum pop music that the Hello!”
“Maybe because she made the word cute, and Juliet never made words cute.”
“It's what I call a cute question capable of engaging one's imagination for a time.”
“Anonymous said ... shouldn't the line go the other way? ie no matter how many times you say its cute the cuteness stays the same??? or is it saying that no matter how cute it is people will always call it cute the same amount?”
“Paper Heart is what I call a cute comedy: a light, yet very entertaining film that boasts plenty of energy, a bunch of solid laughs, an interesting enough theme, and an eccentric cast talented enough to authentically portray a couple of adorable characters.”
“Not that being seen as "cute" is good, either, but it's better than verbal abuse.”
“Though if "cute" is the worst they encountered, they're relatively lucky.”
“More than one high school girl has been dismayed to learn that the one boy she personally, idiosyncratically found "cute" is a general heartthrob.”
“One of the proud new "masters" just plain cute (and soooo soft!).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cute’.
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Adjectives
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Words about looking good
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Kitten Is:
Mere days ago, I found a five-week-old kitten abandoned in the median of the Avenue we live on. She was in terrible shape, but is doing great now thanks to love and dedication.
The fo...small, hyper, bitey, silly, springy, soft, sage-eyed, tortoise shell, archy, darty, sneaky, bestriped and 27 more...
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IxLovexApples's list
this is a list of the words I use the most. if you look at all of them you can kind of tell my personality.
bitch, hot, kool, wow, wtf, omfg, slut, ass, gay, ugh, bleh, spaz and 12 more...
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Words in which "u" is pronounced "yu"
cute, uniform, puny, municipal, butte, fume, perfume, puke, cucumber, huge, demure, cube and 56 more...
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Hillary_Stah Boys are so cute !!! :))
Oct 30, 2011