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Recent Examples of cutesy
Bell and Brody are pros who can make cutesy banter in their sleep; with Konner and Kaplan at the helm, they’re now supported by fellow veterans savvy enough to keep out of their leads’ way.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
For the uninitiated, the Moomins are cutesy, hippo-like trolls that get into fairy tale adventures.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Just about everyone gets a little pat on the head from ESPN for a big home weekend, but cutesy wannabes don’t get featured on the road.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Her bouquet was a simple sprig of something with teeny flowers, very cutesy very DIY.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
For the uninitiated, the Moomins are cutesy, hippo-like trolls that get into fairy tale adventures.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Just about everyone gets a little pat on the head from ESPN for a big home weekend, but cutesy wannabes don’t get featured on the road.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Her bouquet was a simple sprig of something with teeny flowers, very cutesy very DIY.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutesy
Adjective
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Fall travel season is here, and my suitcase is officially in its comfy-but-cute era.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Shoppers call out the cute and functional design.—
Kim Grundy,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Don’t be fooled by their budget-friendly cost, either, because the pants deliver an expensive air thanks to their high-fashion pleats and exaggerated silhouette.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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These presets aim to reduce unfocused or exaggerated AI aesthetics.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Microdrama episodes tend to run for between 60 and 90 seconds, and follow melodramatic themes in genres such as romance, sci-fi and thriller.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
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That matrix, however, is one of melodramatic grisliness and horror in the style of the French Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.—
Michael Dirda,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Whether this is also the outcome for Hozier’s simpering reprobate is up for the listener to decide.—
Tom Zoellner,
SPIN,
29 May 2024
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The Crown has become too simpering, and has suffered for that reverence.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2023
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The master lawsuit in the Palisades fire blames several defendants for overgrown brush, toppled wooden power poles, natural gas explosions and a lack of water that all contributed to the mammoth blaze.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Kristin Keyes, the founder of Kristin Keyes Interiors also in Nashville, loves incorporating antique wooden tables into dining rooms.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, shares of fellow theatrical stocks AMC, Cinemark and Marcus Theatres cratered in 2025.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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The city’s storefront followers all saw the show as intense, non-linear, fanciful, Chicago-style experimentation with the de rigeur amount of nudity and a darkly comic soul, but no hope whatsoever of expanding its reach beyond the Midwest theatrical shoebox of its birth.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Cutesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutesy. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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