ugly as sin

English

Adjective

ugly as sin (not comparable)

(simile) Extremely ugly.
- 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

like the back end of a bus
See also Thesaurus:ugly

Translations

extremely ugly

Dutch: lelijk als de nacht
French: laid comme un pou (fr), laid comme les sept péchés capitaux (fr)
German: hässlich wie die Nacht
Greek: κακάσχημος (el) (kakáschimos)

Hungarian: csúnya, mint a bűn
Norwegian: stygg som juling (no)
Polish: brzydki jak noc listopadowa (pl), brzydki jak noc (pl)
Spanish: más feo que un pecado, más feo que Picio

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