cute

6 definitions • 6 examples

(especially of something or someone small or young) pleasant and attractive:

His baby brother is really cute.

trying to be clever, sometimes in a rude or unpleasant way:

Don't be cute with me, Vicki.

behaviour , a performance, etc. that is cute, especially in a way that people find stupid or annoying:

This is a production with an exaggerated case of the cutes.

(esp. of something or someone small or young) charming and attractive:

She was a really cute baby.

Something described as cute is attractive and pleasant:

She had a cute apartment with a little garden.

too carefully designed to get approval or appear attractive, and therefore seeming dishonest:

[ + to infinitive ] He thinks it’s cute to misbehave, but it’s not.