Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

1. 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.
2. Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
3. Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
4. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
5. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)
6. (especially mathematics) Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).

Example Sentences

Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.

Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.

He's got such cute buns.

I ordered her to strip for me and made her wiggle her cute little ass as she took off her panties.

The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.

Don't get cute with me, boy!

"This time we aren't interested in anything cute or cryptic. We want the truth."

Then Turpin being so very cute, He hid his money in his boot.

Word Forms

• cuter
• cutest

Synonyms for cute

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When Should You Use Cute?

Use cute when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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