ugly as sin

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ugly as sin

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  1. derogatory, not comparable Extremely ugly. It was easy enough to see that the child was a changeling, for it wasn't like other children at all it screamed and cried, as if a knife stuck in it, and it wheezed and hit about with its arms like a huldre-cat, and was as ugly as sin.

    Similar: ugly as puke

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@misc{ugly_as_sin_2026,
  title = {ugly as sin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ugly%20as%20sin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}