Improve Your Vocabulary - Stop Saying "You're Cute"

all right time to read some of my viewers comments let's see

you are cute alright let's get this straight the word cute is predominantly

used to describe the sweet look of an animal or a little child the term is

sometimes used to describe an adult but only in informal situations between

close friends and lovers generally describing someone you find physically

appealing as cute in British English is just a bit well and with so many other

wonderful options to choose from why continue to use such a childish turn

so I'm going to give you 10 alternatives to the word cute and I invite you to

write any additional options down in the comments below

then take some time to read some of the other comments and give a thumbs up to

the ones that you like here goes number one your adorable

to adore someone is similar to loving them so if someone makes you feel a

sense of love every time you see them then you could call them adorable number

two your lovely saying someone is lovely is like calling someone nice we use this

adjective to describe many things including people for example we had a

lovely day eating a lovely meal with Jennifer she is lovely number three your

very endearing endearing means inspiring affection similar to adorable an

endearing person is someone who makes you feel fond of them number four your

charming think of prince charming a very pleasant and attractive person have you

been charmed by anyone recently do you have a charming smile number five your

sweet an adjective often used to describe the pleasing

taste of sugar sweet can also be used to describe something or someone who is

pleasing kind or thoughtful for example my neighbor is sweet she often waters my

flowers when I'm away and baked me a cake for my birthday number six you're

delightful a delightful person is a person full of delight and they often

make everyone around them smile number seven

you're engaging to be engaging means to attract and hold someone's attention

with your charm for example a good film is engaging a talented singer is

engaging you simply cannot take your eyes off them

number eight your enchanting to enchant someone is to put them under a spell

therefore if you are enchanting then people will be mesmerised by you

attracted to you as if by magic number nine your captivating along the same

lines as enchanting we have captivating to be captive is to be a prisoner to be

held unable to free yourself so if a person is captivating you cannot stop

looking at them you cannot free yourself from wanting to be near them and finally

number ten you're beautiful it's such a beautiful word beautiful and it means

pleasing to the senses a person may be beautiful to look at and therefore

pleasing to the eye they may have a beautiful voice pleasing to the ear they

may have a beautiful personality pleasing to the mind and soul so now you

know ten attractive alternatives you can reserve the word

cute for this and this

now go and put the kettle on let's have a brew

you can't beat a proper cup of English tea English breakfast tea I'll see you

later bye