Meaning

1 senses

  1. Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously.

    The couple called each other cutesy pet names like "honeypot" and "smoochie-poochie" that disgusted everyone else.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Stop the childish cutesy act.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From cute + -sy.

From cute + -sy.

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Forms

cutesier, cutesiest
Comparativecutesier Lesson
Superlativecutesiest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
preciousB1cutesy-wootsysaccharinesyrupytwee

Word family

5 related words
Derivedcutesificationcutesifycutesilycutesinesscutesy-poo

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cutA1cutbackcuteA1cutenesscuticlecutiecutlerycutlet
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