Even after 1900 children were still being called cute. Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls. Ugly, plain, unattractive, hideous, grotesque, homely, bad, unlovely The contraction cute first appears in the early 18th century, but only a century later does it begin to take on its distinctive modern meaning; Beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, handsome, attractive, pretty, charming, stunning;
Definition of cute adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Something or someone that is cute is very pretty or attractive, or is intended to appear pretty or attractive. Cute was originally a shortened form of acute in the sense keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd. in this sense cute is first recorded in a dictionary published in 1731. (definition of cute from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press)
Attractive, Especially In A Dainty Way;
(especially of something or someone small or young) pleasant and attractive: He thinks it's cute to tell dirty jokes. See examples of cute used in a sentence. Cuteness may be ascribed to people as well as things that are regarded as attractive or charming.