Usually means: Excessively cute, quaint, or sentimental.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word twee:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. twee: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. twee: Merriam-Webster
  3. twee: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. twee: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. twee: Collins English Dictionary
  6. twee: Vocabulary.com
  7. Twee, twee: Wordnik
  8. twee: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. twee: Wiktionary
  10. twee: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. twee: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. twee: Dictionary.com
  13. twee: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Twee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. twee: Rhymezone
  16. twee: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. twee: FreeDictionary.org
  18. twee: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. twee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. twee: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Twee: World Wide Words
  22. Twee: The Word Detective

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. twee: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. twee, twee: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (UK, Ireland, derogatory) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
noun:  (music) Ellipsis of twee pop. [(music) A subgenre of indie pop music with simple melodies and lyrics, usually about love.]

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