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Definition of cutesy
cutesier
;cutesiest
: self-consciously or excessively cute
cutesiness
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Recent Examples of cutesy from the Web
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There’s a current Pinterest craze that features taking stock tanks and turning them into cutesy pools.
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The other folks on his robbery team are cutesy and cuddly couple Buddy and Darling, played by Jon Hamm and Elza Gonzalez.
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There’s the cutesy diner waitress love interest (Lily James), the tragic childhood backstory, the family member Baby tries to protect.
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The genre got a bad rap during the dark days of the early aughts, when big studios were pumping out cutesy soulless schlock and casting—
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Oh, look at the grass patch and fire hydrant where Nugget, Perry’s cutesy-wootsy dog, handled his biz.
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Inheriting a tiny kitchen, the raw bar concept made sense logistically and Smith-Malave surprised herself with the cutesy name, which had to grow on Miller.
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Two and a half months later, Bubbles + Pearls emerged. Inheriting a tiny kitchen, the raw bar concept made sense logistically and Smith-Malave surprised herself with the cutesy name, which had to grow on Miller.
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Over the next decade, the couple turned the cutesy storybook home into a more modern hideaway while preserving its Old World soul.
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Origin and Etymology of cutesy
cute + -sy (as in folksy)
CUTESY Defined for English Language Learners
cutesy
play
adjective
Definition of cutesy for English Language Learners
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: trying very hard or too hard to be appealing : too cute in an annoying way
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