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Recent Examples of cutesy
While the date of the Met Gala is easy to remember, how to watch the Met Gala 2025 is a question that doesn’t have a cutesy alliterative answer.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 May 2025
The Legend of Ochi Clearly inspired by kid-centric ’80s adventure films like E.T., The Legend of Ochi tries to reach those heights as a young girl defies her father (Willem Dafoe) and teams up with a baby Ochi (a cutesy primate-looking creature) to return it to its homeland.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
And while the date of the Met Gala is easy to remember, how to watch the Met Gala in 2025 is a question that doesn’t have a cutesy alliterative answer.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
Paint shades convey multitudes: colors can be energizing or evocative, cozy or cutesy.
—Ariel Okin, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 May 2025
The Legend of Ochi Clearly inspired by kid-centric ’80s adventure films like E.T., The Legend of Ochi tries to reach those heights as a young girl defies her father (Willem Dafoe) and teams up with a baby Ochi (a cutesy primate-looking creature) to return it to its homeland.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
And while the date of the Met Gala is easy to remember, how to watch the Met Gala in 2025 is a question that doesn’t have a cutesy alliterative answer.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2025
Paint shades convey multitudes: colors can be energizing or evocative, cozy or cutesy.
—Ariel Okin, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutesy
Adjective
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The knotted fabric straps have an elevated look, making these cute enough to wear with your favorite sundresses and skirts.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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Shows can only be so cute or funny or familiar or fresh.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The ensemble was crafted with a form-fitting silhouette and included such exaggerated elements as sharp shoulders.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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Her ensemble also featured a black floor-length gown with exaggerated shoulders and a turquoise bow belt extending into a floor-grazing sash.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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And yet that scene, as well as the long mourning period Mahnaz goes through afterwards, is followed by several more melodramatic twists in a scenario that requires a certain level of disbelief.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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That Kamen’s script would attempt to marry these concepts with some grand-gesture stuff, real tear-jerking choices that also tend to read as quite cheesy, doesn’t surprise — after all, what’s more melodramatic than life itself?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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With their next 22 games against postseason contenders, there was no mincing words about the importance of the next few series.—
Katie Woo,
The Athletic,
19 Aug. 2024
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The rental agent listened to my concerns and matched me with the Harley Heritage Softail, a thinking man’s bagger with leather panniers, weighing in at a mincing and elegant 700 pounds.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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Whether this is also the outcome for Hozier’s simpering reprobate is up for the listener to decide.—
Tom Zoellner,
SPIN,
29 May 2024
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The Crown has become too simpering, and has suffered for that reverence.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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Experts estimate that as many as 3,500 wooden carousels were built at the turn of the 20th century – and only 150 are left.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Carpenter ants: Carpenter ants chew tunnels and chambers in structural timbers, wooden fences, trellises, and outdoor furniture.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Previously, Knives Out movies have done the festival rounds ahead of their theatrical/Netflix stint.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Mubi is set to expand its theatrical operations in Italy as Efe Cakarel, CEO of the global streamer, producer and film distributor, recently anticipated in an interview for a Variety cover story.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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“Cutesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutesy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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