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Cute vs Uncute - What's the difference?

cute | uncute |

As adjectives the difference between cute and uncute

is that cute is 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 while uncute is not cute; unattractive.

cute

English

(wikipedia)

Adjective

(er)
  • Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; 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.
  • Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
    • Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
    Emma is so damn cute .
  • Affected]] or contrived to charm; [[mince#Verb, mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
    • The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.
    Don't get cute with me, boy!
  • Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see (acute).
    • Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?

    Derived terms

    * cuteness * cutely * cutesy * cutie * cute as a button * cute hoor

    uncute

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not cute; unattractive.
  • * 2002 , Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger, Dogs
    • During following years, several more dogs lived with us — two incredibly cute beagle pups, two incredibly uncute bloodhounds...
  • * 2005 , Lauren Weisberger, Everyone Worth Knowing
    • Avery's decidedly uncute single friend immediately started reminiscing about his wild and crazy frat days at Michigan...
  • * 2005 , Judith Martin, Miss Manners' guide to excruciatingly correct behavior
    • You would be surprised at how uncute people who are not closely related to the baby think it is to watch a wet or soiled diaper being changed.