Cute is sweet. Cutesy is cute with extra sugar, until some people find it annoying.

Cute可愛 is sweet是甜美的。Cutesy則是 is cute with extra sugar加了過多糖的可愛，until some people find it annoying甜到有些人會覺得煩。

A cutesy card might be covered in tiny hearts, baby animals, and jokey little phrases. A cutesy way of talking might be babyish on purpose.

A cutesy card一張cutesy風格的卡片 might be covered in tiny hearts可能畫滿了小愛心、baby animals小動物寶寶、and jokey little phrases以及俏皮的小短語。A cutesy way of talking一種cutesy的說話方式 might be babyish on purpose可能是故意講得像小孩子一樣。

The ending here is not kind: it says too much, and I do not like it. So cutesy is always a bit of a complaint, or at least a raised eyebrow — about a style, a shop, a film, a message full of stickers, more than as a warm word for a person.

The ending here這裡的字尾-y is not kind不是友善的：it says too much它講得太過頭了，and I do not like it而且帶著「我不喜歡」的意味。So因此 cutesy一直帶有 is always a bit of a complaint一點點抱怨的意味，or at least a raised eyebrow或至少是挑眉的態度——about a style, a shop, a film, a message full of stickers是針對某種風格、某間店、某部片、或貼滿貼圖的訊息，more than as a warm word for a person而比較少用來當作形容人的溫暖用詞。

You would not usually call someone cutesy to their face if you wanted to be nice. Though actually, one person's cutesy is another person's charming; the word tells you as much about the speaker's taste as about the thing.

if you wanted to be nice如果你想對人好，You would not usually call someone cutesy to their face通常不會當面說某人cutesy。Though actually不過其實，one person's cutesy is another person's charming一個人覺得cutesy，另一個人可能覺得charming（有魅力）；the word tells you as much about the speaker's taste as about the thing這個字透露的是說話者的品味，不只是那個東西本身。