Associations to the word «Cute»

Wiktionary

CUTE, adjective. 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.
CUTE, adjective. Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
CUTE, adjective. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
CUTE, adjective. Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see acute.
CUTE AS A BUG'S EAR, adjective. (simile) Very cute.
CUTE AS A BUTTON, adjective. (simile) Very cute.
CUTE AS A PIN, adjective. (simile) Very cute.
CUTE HOOR, noun. (Ireland) (slang) A shrewd scoundrel, especially in business or politics.
CUTE HOORISM, noun. (Ireland) Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest.
CUTE HOORS, noun. Plural of cute hoor

Dictionary definition

CUTE, adjective. Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby".
CUTE, adjective. Obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms".

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