Maria may be a beautiful woman, but when she was a child she was as ugly as a toad.
•The shopkeeper was ugly as a toad, but he was kind and generous, and everyone loved him.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
toad — The toad has been considered rather loathsome since at least the sixteenth century. Modern children might still call an unpleasant person ‘old toad’, but they would probably ensure that they were out of range of that person’s hands before… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Ugly — Ug ly, a. [Compar. {Uglier}; superl. {Ugliest}.] [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + ligr (akin to E. ly, like). ??. Cf. {Awe}.] 1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ugly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. repulsive (see ugliness); disagreeable, unpleasant; mean, hostile, quarrelsome. See unsavoriness, contention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ill favored] Syn. unsightly, loathsome, hideous, homely,… … English dictionary for students
munting toad — n British a very ugly or unattractive female. The phrase is an elaboration of the more widespread munter … Contemporary slang
Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 … English dictionary for students
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Uglier — Ugly Ug ly, a. [Compar. {Uglier}; superl. {Ugliest}.] [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + ligr (akin to E. ly, like). ??. Cf. {Awe}.] 1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ugliest — Ugly Ug ly, a. [Compar. {Uglier}; superl. {Ugliest}.] [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + ligr (akin to E. ly, like). ??. Cf. {Awe}.] 1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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