bugly

English

Etymology

Blend of butt +‎ ugly.

Adjective

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

  1. (slang) Exceptionally ugly.
    • 1896, David Macbeth Moir, Conjugal Amenities:
      She has immense white teeth that snap, and a bugly bonnet, with one dismal ostrich feather wobbling sternly on end.
    • 2000, Richard Spears, NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions:
      I have never seen such a bugly guy in my life!
    • 2010, Denise Mina, Still Midnight:
      “For every ugly there's a bugly.” She smiled.

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