Query about すぎる

Japanese
#1

Hi everyone,
I am back from a break and recapping all N5 topics before getting stuck into N4 and I saw something that made me a little confused.

When I first learnt 〜すぎる I understood it to be used to express something is too much of that adjective and to have a negative nuance IE this cake is too sweet (for my liking)

But the topic I just read mentions it in a positive light so I just wanted to check, if I said 「うさぎは可愛すぎる!」would the listening understand that to mean “bunnies are so freaking cute (and seeing their cuteness fills me with joy)!” Or are they going to think that I find bunny’s cuteness deplorable.

If I can use it with positive nuance, what are the social rules for this IE just with friends, spoken and not written Etc etc.

Thanks in advance!!!

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#2

I think it just means as in english, “bunnies are tooooo cute!” and i think you can use it with anyone but maybe more casual is just 可愛すぎ and more formal 可愛すぎます

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#3

Thank you, thats what I was thinking too. I have been using とても to express when something is so or too cute, but will be fun to practice it with すぎる😀

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