cutening
cutening is the present participle and gerund of cuten.
Meaning of cuten
Verb
cuten (third-person singular simple present cutens, present participle cutening, simple past and past participle cutened)
- To make cute
- So Doggett tented us together and probably hoped I would drag Lou Rae behind me to Evening Pro and Chunka Chow and Wood Wiz and Lake Sci (and by now I was thinking grimly: Why these bleached-bra Christian girls from Maine have to cuten the entire world with nicknames I don't know) but exactly the...2011, Jaimy Gordon, Bogeywoman, page 12
- To become cute
- He looked like a miniature version of his father. My stepfather's features were okay on a grown man, but they didn't look so good on a baby. Mommy must have read the worried look on my face. She laughed gaily and assured me, “Your brother still has the new baby look. Don't worry. He'll start to...2015, Teri Metcalf, Rambler Rose
Noun
cutening (uncountable)
- The act or process of making cute
- The familiar cutening of my name implies we like each other.2007, Beverly West, Jason Bergund, TVtherapy: The Television Guide to Life, page 114
Origin of cutening
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From cuten + -ing.
Questions about cutening
- What does cutening mean?
- Cutening means the act or process of making cute.
- What is cutening the present participle and gerund of?
- Cutening is the present participle and gerund of cuten.
- What part of speech is cutening?
- Cutening is a noun.
Words near cutening in the dictionary
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