Meanings
- derogatorynot comparablesimileExtremely ugly.
'She is a personality,' said M. Bouc. 'Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt.'.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 261 more example
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.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 298Synonyms: ugly as puke
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExtremely ugly.
Translations
Czech ošklivý jako noc
- ošklivý jako nocextremely ugly
Dutch lelijk als de nacht
- lelijk als de nachtextremely ugly
Finnish ruma kuin mikä, ruma kuin rullatuoli
- ruma kuin mikäextremely ugly
- ruma kuin rullatuoliextremely ugly
French laid comme un pou, laid comme les sept péchés capitaux
- laid comme un pouextremely ugly
- laid comme les sept péchés capitauxextremely ugly
German hässlich wie die Nacht, potthässlich
- hässlich wie die Nachtextremely ugly
- potthässlichextremely ugly
Greek κακάσχημος
- κακάσχημος (kakáschimos)extremely ugly
Hungarian csúnya, mint a bűn
- csúnya, mint a bűnextremely ugly
Italian brutto come la fame, brutto come la morte
- brutto come la fameextremely ugly
- brutto come la morteextremely ugly
- fare schifo al cazzoextremely ugly
Norwegian stygg som juling
- stygg som julingextremely ugly
Polish brzydki jak noc listopadowa, brzydki jak noc
- brzydki jak noc listopadowaextremely ugly
- brzydki jak nocextremely ugly
Portuguese mais feio que bater em mãe
- mais feio que bater em mãeextremely ugly
Romanian urât ca păcatul
- urât ca păcatulextremely ugly
Russian стра́шный, как сме́ртный грех
- стра́шный, как сме́ртный грех (strášnyj, kak smértnyj grex)extremely ugly
Spanish más feo que un pecado, más feo que Picio
- más feo que un pecadoextremely ugly
- más feo que Picioextremely ugly
- más feo que Carracucaextremely ugly
- más feo que pegar a un padreextremely ugly
Swedish ful som stryk
- ful som strykextremely ugly
Cite this entry
ugly as sin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugly%20as%20sin
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