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uwu

/ˈuːwuː/

uwu adjective: innocently, often cloyingly cute.

Adjective (1)

uwu (comparative more uwu, superlative most uwu)

  1. (Internet) Innocently, often cloyingly cute.
    • This Kiss graphic tee x fishnet top moment was very UwU of the duo.2021 September 9, Erin Nicole Celletti and Sara Delgado, “Chloe x Halle Style Evolution”, in Teen Vogue, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022
    • UwU Conservativism, and the end of smol government2024 June 19, Bagehot, “Britain’s Conservatives are losing as they governed. Meekly”, in The Economist

Proper noun (1) capitalized: UWU

UWU

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Uva Wellassa University.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of United Workers Union.

Adjective (2) capitalized: UwU

UwU (comparative more UwU, superlative most UwU)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of uwu.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Uwu

Uwu

  1. Synonym of Ayere (“a Nigerian language”).
    Synonyms:
    Ayere

Synonyms of uwu

Forms of uwu

comparativemore uwu
superlativemost uwu
alternative formUwU
comparativemore UwU
superlativemost UwU

Origin of uwu

Derived from Translingual uwu.

Words formed from uwu

Questions about uwu

What does uwu mean?
Uwu means innocently, often cloyingly cute.
What part of speech is uwu?
Uwu can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce uwu?
Uwu is pronounced /ˈuːwuː/.

Words near uwu in the dictionary

  1. uwma
  2. UWO
  3. UWOs
  4. UWP
  5. UWS
  6. uwu
  7. uwu speak
  8. uwu speech
  9. uwufication
  10. uwuification
  11. uwuing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uwu (page history and authors); UWU (page history and authors); UwU (page history and authors); Uwu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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