pug-ugly

pug-ugly

slang Extremely unattractive. Jennifer's new boyfriend is pug-ugly—what on earth does she see in him? This old car of mine may be pug-ugly, but it's still as reliable as the day I bought it.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pug-ugly

1. mod. having to do with a very ugly person. What a pug-ugly cat you have there!
2. n. a very ugly person. (Also a rude term of address.) Hey, pug-ugly, try plastic surgery!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • plug-ugly
  • fugly
  • coyote
  • coyote ugly
  • coyote-ugly
  • (as) ugly as sin
  • as ugly as sin
  • ugly as sin
  • ugly customer
  • butt ugly
References in periodicals archive
In fact, if foxhunting had traditionally killed pug-ugly raccoon dogs, would anyone have campaigned to ban it?
In a sport once synonymous with brute force, backsides like car ferries and pug-ugly fishwives from eastern bloc laboratories, Smith is the petite weightlifting sensation from Greenwich who won a bronze medal in the 58kg at last year's Commonwealth Games.
Over the years they have produced some eye-catching and some pug-ugly creations.
Over the years, they have produced some eyecatching and some pug-ugly creations.
CAULIFLOWER ears, once the scourge of pug-ugly, burly home counties rugby players are the latest male characteristic driving women wild.
If so, why bother trying to train a goose retriever to subdue and haul them in, unless you luck into some pug-ugly monster willing to tussle with them?
This pounds 92k pug-ugly slingshot makes its UK debut at the Hurling-haClub next week and is a bit of a techno marvel, with a central touch screen that controls everything from the sensitivity of the power steering to black box data logging.
Sennheiser FLX 70 pounds 69.95 from www.apple.com/uk There really is no excuse to get caught chatting at the wheel, bluetooth headsets have come such a long way since those pug-ugly ones that belonged in a drive-through takeaway joint.
Fat blokes could call themselves "cuddly", pensioners could be "mature", if you were pug-ugly you would describe yourself as "interesting" with a "good sense of humour".
While the new, American-spec Nissan GT-R's face is so pug-ugly you'll be tempted to drive it backward, there's no question it's going be a genuine Porsche-killer.
Carlos Tevez is the ideal replacement as he is so similar to Rooney - skilful, strong, squat and fiesty - plus, pug-ugly.
Tailored to the kids, Shrek Superslam takes everybody's favourite pug-ugly troll, pulls him from the production values of the smash-hit films and plonks him in a ring for wrestling purposes.
The pug-ugly pugilist goes on a rough-house rampage in the first Sin City volume, ADame To Kill For (pounds 12.99), when a particular doll he's fallen for gets the killerkibbosh.
Over the years the French car maker has produced some eye-catching and some pug-ugly creations.
Viewers would rather watch a pug-ugly, fat male in his 60s than a glamorous woman the same age.