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Definition of “twee”

twee (twiː Pronunciation for twee

Definitions

adjective

  1. (British) excessively sentimental, sweet, or pretty

Derived Forms

ˈtweely adverb
ˈtweeness noun

Word Origin

C19: from tweet, mincing or affected pronunciation of sweet

Example Sentences Including 'twee'

"It was oddly therapeutic, touring the shops, buying up boxes of twee foil-wrapped bunnies and bags full of tiny bright eggs.
Kate Cann GO! (2001)
A Mennonite friend of mine professed discomfort at the marketing of her ethnicity in a twee Ontario town.
Globe and Mail (2003)
A colourful, if slightly twee , calendar facility will also be available later in the year.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Charles finds this idea touching, I find it smug, twee and rather nauseating.
Lawson, Dominic (ed.) The Spectator Annual
God knows what I was doing putting on this embarrassingly twee all-men-together act.
Jane Asher LOSING IT (2002)
I mean, come on: this was going to be some insufferably twee tale about the friendship between two feisty old biddies.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)
I mean, it's too deliberate and it's kind of twee , it's---"" Jo---e!
Kate Cann GO! (2001)
It has a French name but it has the most twee English humour.
Australian News Misc (2004)
There is poetry too, a little twee for some tastes, but representative of a culture and a cricket now gone.
India Today (2001)

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