cutesy
pronunciation
How to pronounce cutesy in British English:
UK [ˈkju:tsi]
How to pronounce cutesy in American English:
US [ˈkjutsi]
Word Origin
- cutesy (adj.)
- "artificially or annoyingly cute," by 1968, from cute (adj.).
Example
- 1. According to the publisher , the cutesy manga cover was aimed more at attracting salarymen than women .
- 2. His prose is tinny , and the mentions of his children dull and cutesy .
- 3. Chinese women tend to like cutesy , girlish pink clothes ( think hello kitty ) , not the sexy and skimpy kind fields designed .
- 4. Tory burch should pay me to advertise for her ; I shouldn 't pay her to tell the world that I 'm an uptown , 40-something princess into cutesy kitsch ......
- 5. This cutesy puzzle game involves stretching black blobs of goo at geometric angles to reach a goal point ( a pipe that sucks up the goo ) .