kittenish
adjective
kit·ten·ish
ˈkit-nish,
ˈki-tᵊn-ish
: resembling a kitten
especially
: coyly playful
kittenishly
adverb
kittenishness
noun
Examples of kittenish in a Sentence
she couldn't see the point in being kittenish about it and decided to just ask him out
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Madelyn Cline went full-on Old Hollywood bombshell, kittenish liner, polished lengths, and all.
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Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2023
With a basis of flawless skin—smoothing and hydration offered via Kylie Skin Face Moisturizer and Eye Cream—Phillips pulled a thick wing of black liner along Jenner's lids, a diminutive wing beneath the lower lashline providing a kittenish complement.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2021
Seductively kittenish, Gardner lives up to her profane reputation.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
To this day, she’s drawn to the bruise of blue that belies the kittenish blush, the tension between the girl next door and the demimondaine, who are not so far apart, who may even be one.
—Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2023
With a basis of flawless skin—smoothing and hydration offered via Kylie Skin Face Moisturizer and Eye Cream—Phillips pulled a thick wing of black liner along Jenner's lids, a diminutive wing beneath the lower lashline providing a kittenish complement.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2021
Seductively kittenish, Gardner lives up to her profane reputation.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
To this day, she’s drawn to the bruise of blue that belies the kittenish blush, the tension between the girl next door and the demimondaine, who are not so far apart, who may even be one.
—Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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kittenish
adjective
kit·ten·ish
ˈkit-nish
-ᵊn-ish
: resembling a kitten
kittenishly
adverb
kittenishness
noun
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