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cutest

cutest is the superlative form of cute.

Meaning of cute

Adjective

cute (comparative cuter, superlative cutest)

  1. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
    • Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
  2. Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
    • Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
    Synonyms:
    pretty
  3. Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
    • He's got such cute buns.
  4. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
    • The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.
  5. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)
    • Then Turpin being so very cute,
      He hid his money in his boot.ca. 1850. Anonymous, "Turpin Hero" (broadside ballad, probably originally dating to 18th century)
    Synonyms:
    clever, shrewd
  6. (especially) Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).
    • There's a cute alternative proof of this using lambda calculus.

Questions about cutest

What is cutest the superlative form of?
Cutest is the superlative form of cute.

Words near cutest in the dictionary

  1. cutesifying
  2. cutesily
  3. cutesiness
  4. cutesinesses
  5. cutesome
  6. cutest
  7. cutester
  8. cutesters
  9. cutesy
  10. cutesy-poo
  11. cutesy-poos

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