ugly as sin
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Adjective[edit]
ugly as sin (not comparable)
- (simile) Extremely ugly.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 298:
- It was easy enough to see that the child was a changeling, for it wasn't like other children at all it screamed and cried, as if a knife stuck in it, and it wheezed and hit about with its arms like a huldre-cat, and was as ugly as sin.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 26:
- 'She is a personality,' said M. Bouc. 'Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt.'.
Synonyms[edit]
- like the back end of a bus
- See also Thesaurus:ugly
Translations[edit]
extremely ugly
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