butterface

but·ter·face
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UK/ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs/US/ˈbʌ.təɹˌfeɪs/

noun

A person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.

“I can’t even look at her, she’s such a butterface.”

Opposite
Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounbutterface (plural butterfaces)

plural butterfaces · alternative butter face

  1. derogatoryslangA person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.

    I can’t even look at her, she’s such a butterface.

    1 more example

    Her face wasn't quite as pretty as he had hoped — Earl, the other mechanic back at his father's place called this kind of girl a Butterface...

    2010, Laura Lippman, I'd Know You Anywhere, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 76

    Synonyms: biffer, boner-shrinker, bonerkiller, buttface, choad, frump, minger, monkey · Antonyms: butterbody

  2. derogatoryslangAn unattractive face.

    I can’t even look at her, she’s got such a butterface.

    1 more example

    Her friend had a hot figure and a butterface — great body, but her face — and they were talking about Greyhound's most recent dating fiasco.

    2004, Amy Sohn, “The need to know and the fear of knowing”, in My Old Man, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 106

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Ellipsis of various forms of everything looks good but her face, great body but her face, among other phrases, under the influence of butter (perhaps also with connotation of “plainness”, grease, etc.) and buttface. Compare summerteeth.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 背影殺手 /背影杀手
  • 背影殺手 /背影杀手 (bèiyǐngshāshǒu)attractive person with unattractive face
Dutch plork
  • plorkattractive person with unattractive face
Japanese バックシャン
  • バックシャン (bakkushan)attractive person with unattractive face
Polish krzywy ryj
  • krzywy ryjattractive person with unattractive face
Portuguese Raimunda, mulher camarão
  • Raimundaattractive person with unattractive face
  • mulher camarãoattractive person with unattractive face
Spanish gamba
  • gambaattractive person with unattractive face
Tagalog hipon
  • hiponattractive person with unattractive face
Cite this entry
APA

butterface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterface

MLA

“butterface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterface. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butterface,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterface.

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