Cute vs Uncute - What's the difference?
cute | uncute |
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.
Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
Affected]] or contrived to charm; [[mince#Verb, mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see (acute).
Not cute; unattractive.
* 2002 , Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger, Dogs
* 2005 , Lauren Weisberger, Everyone Worth Knowing
* 2005 , Judith Martin, Miss Manners' guide to excruciatingly correct behavior
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)- Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
- Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
- Emma is so damn cute .
- 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!
- Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?
Derived terms
* cuteness * cutely * cutesy * cutie * cute as a button * cute hooruncute
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- During following years, several more dogs lived with us — two incredibly cute beagle pups, two incredibly uncute bloodhounds...
- Avery's decidedly uncute single friend immediately started reminiscing about his wild and crazy frat days at Michigan...
- 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.