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butterface

Syllables: but·ter·faceUK/ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs//ˈbʌ.təɹˌfeɪs/

butterface noun: a person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.

Noun

butterface (plural butterfaces)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.
    • I can’t even look at her, she’s such a butterface.
    • 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
    Antonyms:
    butterbody
  2. (derogatory, slang) An unattractive face.
    • I can’t even look at her, she’s got such a butterface.
    • 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

butterface meaning in Tagalog

butterface in Tagalog

attractive person with unattractive face
hipon

Synonyms of butterface

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Antonyms

Forms of butterface

pluralbutterfaces
alternative formbutter face

Origin of butterface

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.

Words formed from butterface

Questions about butterface

What does butterface mean?
Butterface means a person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.
What is butterface in Tagalog?
Butterface in Tagalog is hipon. See Butterface meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is butterface?
Butterface is a noun.
How do you pronounce butterface?
Butterface is pronounced /ˈbʌ.təˌfeɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of butterface?
The plural of butterface is butterfaces.

Words near butterface in the dictionary

  1. buttered up
  2. Butterell
  3. butterer
  4. butterers
  5. Butterey
  6. butterface
  7. butterfaced
  8. butterfaces
  9. butterfat
  10. butterfats
  11. butterfatty

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