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pug-ugly

pug-ugly adjective: extremely ugly.

Adjective

pug-ugly (comparative more pug-ugly, superlative most pug-ugly)

  1. Extremely ugly.
    • Then look at the medical profession as a whole. A more pug-ugly collection of badly-dressed social misfits would be difficult to find.2014, Doctor at Large, by Richard Gordon, House of Stratus, →ISBN
    • We've all witnessed it: 'Look at his wee nose and those darling eyes, he's the most beautiful baby in the world,' uttered to the most pug-ugly baby you have ever seen.2017, Inside Out Parenting: How to Build Strong Children from a Core of Self-Esteem, by Dr Holan Liang, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

Forms of pug-ugly

comparativemore pug-ugly
superlativemost pug-ugly

Questions about pug-ugly

What does pug-ugly mean?
Pug-ugly means extremely ugly.
What part of speech is pug-ugly?
Pug-ugly is an adjective.

Words near pug-ugly in the dictionary

  1. pug nose
  2. pug noses
  3. pug-dog
  4. pug-dogs
  5. pug-nosed
  6. pug-ugly
  7. Puga
  8. Pugach
  9. Pugaches
  10. Pugachyov
  11. pugaree

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