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cute Definition

cute (kyo̵̅o̅t)

adjective cuter, cut·est

  1. clever; sharp; shrewd
  2. pretty or attractive, esp. in a lively, wholesome, or dainty way
  3. straining for effect; artificial

Etymology: aphetic < acute

cute Related Forms

cutely 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*

modif.

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.

Browse dictionary entries near cute

  1. cutdown
  2. cutch
  3. cutbank
  4. cutback
  5. cutaway
  6. cutaneous
  7. cut up
  8. cut time
  9. cut-through switch
  10. cut short
  1. cutesy
  2. cutey
  3. Cuthbert
  4. cuticle
  5. cuticula
  6. cutie
  7. cutin
  8. cutinization
  9. cutis
  10. cutlass