twee

adjective

Definition of tweenext
chiefly British
as in cutesy

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Recent Examples of twee Sure, its world can seem twee, reflecting Scandinavian values of community and modest domesticity. — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026 The pinafore-style dress was in a twee ditsy print and flowed well past her knees, while a leather belt sat happily on her waist without exerting effort to cinch. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026 There’s a note of self-congratulation running through this work too — tricky to pinpoint because it comes swathed in both twee humility and real suffering. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026 Short stubby legs and a rounded headboard also amplify the twee appeal of the frame. — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for twee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twee
  1. cutesy
  2. saccharine
  3. sentimental
  4. mawkish
  5. cloying
  6. schmaltzy
  7. chocolate-box
  8. maudlin
Adjective
  • Summer is cherry season—embrace the classic fruit with a cutesy manicure.
    — Afia Asamoah, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • This cutesy li’l feature, an expansion of shorts made by Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate, fuses live action and stop motion to tell the story about a one-inch living seashell and its friend, a ball of lint.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Definition of cutesy
Adjective
  • Overdo it, and your recipe becomes too saccharine.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • With a minimal, yet still impactful, pastel floral design, the rug hedges its saccharine design with ample negative space.
    — Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026
Definition of saccharine
Adjective
  • There’s too much family trauma to make this a sentimental reunion.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • In astrology, Cancer is known for its deeply protective instincts, sentimental nature and emotional attachment to memory.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of sentimental
Adjective
  • Its direction is stodgy and unimpressive, and its screenplay stilted and mawkish.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
  • The sounds are chintzy and soaked in reverb, like a mawkish ’80s ballad rewritten from memory, and the whole thing slowly falls apart and fades out like an old track by the Field.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026
Definition of mawkish
Adjective
  • And what ensues is an hour and a half of aimless, frictionless, inert, and cloying sentimentality without purpose.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • During courtroom breaks, the long line for the women’s room was a stark visual of the way this flood has ripped apart accusers and defenders of Camp Mystic—grieving mothers in lavender avoiding eye contact with willfully cheerful women in a green that now felt cloying, bordering on cruel.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Definition of cloying
Adjective
  • Albini doesn’t dress up those songs with any schmaltzy production or studio tricks.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 11 June 2026
  • In the way that Harrison looks to the Bible for models of relationships and drama, Cappa’s Haha, You Clowns looks to schmaltzy sitcoms and after school specials.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Definition of schmaltzy
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  • Neighborhood/area Quiet Mayfair scores nil points for cool and trendy, but those wanting a chocolate-box vision of London full of elegant Georgian townhouses, refined restaurants, and Savile Row shops can get their full fix here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Some Meyers loyalists might opt for The Holiday, with its fake chocolate-box cottage and rom-com clichés.
    — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Definition of chocolate-box
Adjective
  • That’s when the movie takes a direction that’s both maudlin in the true sense of the word and ultimately even sanctimonious regarding the heroine’s sudden redemption.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • Highly earnest—sometimes even maudlin—the show is a throwback to the serial medical dramas that were omnipresent in the nineties and twenty-tens.
    — David S. Wallace, New Yorker, 16 May 2026
Definition of maudlin

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