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twee

adjective as in affectedly quaint, cutesy

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They won’t eat drink all the seltzers you have in the fridge and they never make noise when you’re trying to watch your favorite twee baking competition show.

It just seemed a bit twee to me in an era of sophisticated data modeling, social-media targeting and brute-force tweets from an incumbent President.

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Kelley and Lorey smartly balance elements that will appeal to teens and adults alike, avoiding too many twee moments without going over the heads of the tweens who’ve historically been the core audience for most live-action Disney shows.

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Pollan and the like did usher in a new slow food, farm-to-table movement across certain classes, which at its best produced incredible meals with a mind to being sustainable and at its worst was insufferably twee.

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Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.

Murdoch is proud of the end product, no matter how many find it “twee”…whatever that means.

I have spent an hour on the phone with Marc Spitz, the author of Twee, having him explain Twee.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Lost in Translation are Twee.

In a sense, all vintage toys are Twee, but I have a personal distaste for Legos that I cannot explain.

Wilt gij zoo goed zijn, twee boterhammetjes en twee glaasjes melk te brengen?

It was Twee-tweesh-ke-way, the plover, flying along the beach; in another moment the great glittering waters lay before them.

Selecting one of the choicest sparrows, the hawk took it away to eat, after which the others came out crying, 'Twee-twee!'

Daar twee kijven hebben ze beiden schuld—When two quarrel both are to blame.

Lisping, Twee-twee-zee call notes, like a hushed whispered whistle, are the only sounds the visitors make.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to twee, such as: affected, cutesy, dainty, quaint, saccharine, and adorable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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