(as) ugly as sin

Extremely visually displeasing or unattractive. This old car is all beat up and ugly as sin, but it's still going strong after all these years. I'm sure I looked as ugly as sin by that point, with my makeup smeared all over the place and my hair a total mess.

See also: sin, ugly

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*ugly as sin

Cliché extremely ugly. (*Also: as ~.) Why would anyone want to buy that dress? It's as ugly as sin! Harold is ugly as sin, but his personality is very charming.

See also: sin, ugly

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

ugly as sin

Physically or morally hideous, as in I can't think why she likes that dog; it's ugly as sin. This simile, first recorded in 1801, replaced the earlier ugly as the devil.

See also: sin, ugly

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

ugly as sin

If someone or something is as ugly as sin, they are very ugly. Even his kids were ugly as sin.

See also: sin, ugly

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

(as) miserable/ugly as ˈsin

(spoken) used to emphasize that somebody is very unhappy or ugly: He arrived at the party looking as miserable as sin. Some babies are as ugly as sin at that age.

(as) ugly as sin

mod. very ugly. This car’s as ugly as sin, but it’s cheap and dependable.

See also: sin, ugly

ugly as sin

verb

See as ugly as sin

See also: sin, ugly

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

ugly as sin

Hideous, either physically or spiritually. This simile appears to have replaced the earlier ugly as the devil, mentioned by Daniel Defoe in his History of the Devil (1726). The first appearance in print was in Maria Edgeworth’s Popular Tales of 1804: “Why, she is ugly as sin!”

See also: sin, ugly

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

as ugly as sin
ugly as sin
be (as) ugly as sin
(as) ugly as a toad
toad
ugly as a toad
pug-ugly
plug-ugly
fugly
fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

词组	(as) ugly as sin
释义	(as) ugly as sin (as) ugly as sin Extremely visually displeasing or unattractive. This old car is all beat up and ugly as sin, but it's still going strong after all these years. I'm sure I looked as ugly as sin by that point, with my makeup smeared all over the place and my hair a total mess. See also: sin, ugly Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. ugly as sin Cliché* extremely ugly. (Also: as ~.) Why would anyone want to buy that dress? It's as ugly as sin! Harold is ugly as sin, but his personality is very charming. See also: sin, ugly McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. ugly as sin Physically or morally hideous, as in I can't think why she likes that dog; it's ugly as sin. This simile, first recorded in 1801, replaced the earlier ugly as the devil. See also: sin, ugly The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. ugly as sin If someone or something is as ugly as sin, they are very ugly. Even his kids were ugly as sin. See also: sin, ugly Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. (as) miserable/ugly as ˈsin (spoken) used to emphasize that somebody is very unhappy or ugly: He arrived at the party looking as miserable as sin. Some babies are as ugly as sin at that age. See also: miserable, sin, ugly Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary (as) ugly as sin mod.* very ugly. This car’s as ugly as sin, but it’s cheap and dependable. See also: sin, ugly ugly as sin verb See as ugly as sin See also: sin, ugly McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions ugly as sin Hideous, either physically or spiritually. This simile appears to have replaced the earlier ugly as the devil, mentioned by Daniel Defoe in his History of the Devil (1726). The first appearance in print was in Maria Edgeworth’s Popular Tales of 1804: “Why, she is ugly as sin!” See also: sin, ugly The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: as ugly as sin ugly as sin be (as) ugly as sin (as) ugly as a toad toad ugly as a toad pug-ugly plug-ugly fugly fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down
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