Definitions for cute

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Spelling: [kyoot]

IPA: /kyut/

Cute is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in cute (cetu).

Definitions for cute

noun

1. the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:

Idioms

1. meet cute, Informal. (of a romantic couple) to meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: Also, meet-cute. a situation or occasion when potential romantic partners meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way:

adjective

1. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty:
2. appealing and delightful; charming:
3. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious:
4. mentally keen; clever; shrewd.

Origin of cute

First recorded in 1615-25; aphetic variant of acute

Examples for cute

Legs McNeil, of Punk magazine fame, once called him “cute” and “charming.”

Of those, 1,980 used the term “cute”, while just 12 mentioned the word “ugly”.

I want to have from yourself what like the people are,—are they as hard-working, are they as 'cute as our own?

Paddy is mighty 'cute, and knows when he has a man to deal with.

She was a small, cute girl with a rainbow of laughter wreathed about her.

The child was cute enough to have found that out for herself.

We coo over how cute our cat is and minimize the drudgery of cleaning the litter box.

But the task is a little more fun when you can send your gratitude on cute note cards inspired by traditional Islamic designs.

"It's a kind of cute and old-fashioned house inside," he observed.

Wiseman as Samuel is alternately Devil-child and a cute young kid.