cutesy
cutesy · cutesier · cutesiest
Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cuteOverly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously.
UK/ˈkjuːtsi/US/ˈkjutsi/
» Stop the childish cutesy act.
rbbrbb · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesOverly, 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 sentencesStop the childish cutesy act.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From cute + -sy.From cute + -sy.
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Forms
cutesier, cutesiestSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.