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cuteness
cute C0825700 (kyo͞ot)adj. cut·er, cut·est 1. a. Attractive or pretty in a youthful or dainty way: a cute puppy; a child wearing a cute outfit.b. Sexually attractive; good-looking: a cute boyfriend.2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humor—it's an insufferably cute performance" (David Ansen).3. Clever or witty, especially in an impertinent or evasive way, as in falsely suggesting that one is ignorant about the matter at hand.
[Short for acute.]
cute′ly adv.cute′ness n.Word History: Cute was originally a shortened form of acute in the sense "keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd." In this sense cute is first recorded in a dictionary published in 1731. Probably cute came to be used as a term of approbation for things demonstrating acuteness or ingenious design, and so it went on to develop its own sense of "pretty, fetching."Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cuteness - the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)prettinessbeauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses |
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CutenessBambiadorable deer grows rhapsodically in beautiful forest. [Am. Cinema: Bambi in Disney Films, 53–56]teddy bearcuddly commodity named after President Theodore Roosevelt. [Am. Hist.: Frank, 46]ThumperBambi’s huggable rabbit sidekick. [Am. Cinema: Bambi in Disney Films, 53–56]cuteness
Synonyms for cutenessnoun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)SynonymsRelated Words |