cute Definition
☆ cute (kyo̵̅o̅t)
adjective cut′er, cut′·est
- clever; sharp; shrewd
- pretty or attractive, esp. in a lively, wholesome, or dainty way
- straining for effect; artificial
Etymology: aphetic < acute
cute Related Forms
cute′ly adverb
cute′·ness noun
cute Idioms
meet cute
Film to meet for the first time, often in a contrived or unusual way: said of the main characters in their first scene together
the cutes
Informal cute mannerisms, ploys, devices, etc. designed to charm or attract others
cute* Synonyms
cute Usage Examples
Infinitive complement
- see: It was really cute to see that the theorem, first referred to in Fermat's notebook in 1637 ( !
- watch: It started with my niece's tap and ballet class which was cute to watch.
Modifying Another Word
- kinda: This adds support for IPX in snort signatures, which is kinda cute.
- sooooo: Chicken Little is sooooo cute ( and the baby alien, too!
- incredibly: I live just outside of Tel Aviv, and am married with 2 incredibly cute ( if I may say so myself!
- damn: He's so damn cute I can't resist.
- so: He looks so cute with his bare belly and scar.
- desperately: Small was desperately cute persuading BB to play with him.
Preposition: as
button: Honey Jones plays and sings him as such, and he's still cute as a button.
Modifies a noun
- mascot: Under SuSE this is Tux, linux ' cute penguin mascot, with ( of course ) the text ' SuSE Linux 7.1 ' .
- kitten: Cute kittens These adorable kittens were left in a cardboard box on the doorstep of North Walsham & District CP Branch.
- puppy: What was funny in a cute little puppy suddenly becomes annoying in a huge dog.
- creature: The game focused on little cute creatures called Lemmings.
- bunny: I didn't have any stationery with a cute little bunny or Harrison Ford on it 13.
- critter: Like wild beasts, these children bite off the heads, chomp off the ears, and disfigure and destroy these cute little critters.
Used with adjective complement
- look: They look really cute with their tails hanging out of the back!
- sound: Kate I like the name Twinks it sounds really cute.
- play: Belly does the tickling mostly, being rather a bad spider, while Smelly plays cute.
- seem: ANYBODY standing next to Professor Fiendish seems cute compared to him.
- call: No they are too cute for that, if a scaley and spikey thing can be called cute.

