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kuudere

kuudere noun: a calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.

Noun

kuudere (plural kuudere or kuuderes)

  1. (Internet, Japanese) A calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.
    • True, she wasn't very expressive—or anyway, I didn't feel like I saw a lot of emotion from her—but if I thought of her as a kuudere, or one of those “weird girl” types, that could actually be seen as a positive.2018, Ichiro Sakaki, translated by Kevin Steinbach, Outbreak Company, volume 5, unnumbered page
    • The cool and tough exterior she displays makes for a good kuudere, and the blue eyes and silver hair already sets her up for the role in the Clannad series.2018, "Moogle", "Cool As Rain", Otakuzine Anime Magazine, Issue #121, page 40

Forms of kuudere

pluralkuudere
pluralkuuderes

Origin of kuudere

Borrowed from Japanese クーデレ (kūdere), a portmanteau of クール (kūru, “calm”), from English cool, and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

Questions about kuudere

What does kuudere mean?
Kuudere means a calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.
What part of speech is kuudere?
Kuudere is a noun.
What is the plural of kuudere?
The plural of kuudere is kuudere.

Words near kuudere in the dictionary

  1. Kutz
  2. Kutzes
  3. kutzneride
  4. kutznerides
  5. Kutztown
  6. kuudere
  7. kuuderes
  8. Kuujjuaq
  9. Kuuk-Thaayorre
  10. kuurdak
  11. kuvasz

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