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bugly

bugly adjective: exceptionally ugly.

Adjective

bugly (comparative more bugly or buglier, superlative most bugly or bugliest)

  1. (slang) Exceptionally ugly.
    • She has immense white teeth that snap, and a bugly bonnet, with one dismal ostrich feather wobbling sternly on end.1896, David Macbeth Moir, Conjugal Amenities
    • I have never seen such a bugly guy in my life!2000, Richard Spears, NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

Forms of bugly

comparativemore bugly
comparativebuglier
superlativemost bugly
superlativebugliest

Origin of bugly

Blend of butt + ugly.

Questions about bugly

What does bugly mean?
Bugly means exceptionally ugly.
What part of speech is bugly?
Bugly is an adjective.

Words near bugly in the dictionary

  1. buglings
  2. Bugliosi
  3. Bugliosis
  4. bugloss
  5. buglosses
  6. bugly
  7. bugmail
  8. bugman
  9. bugmen
  10. Bugnay
  11. bugnuts

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