pug-ugly

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

  1. Extremely ugly.
    • 2014, Doctor at Large[1], by Richard Gordon, House of Stratus, →ISBN:
      Then look at the medical profession as a whole. A more pug-ugly collection of badly-dressed social misfits would be difficult to find.
    • 2017, Inside Out Parenting: How to Build Strong Children from a Core of Self-Esteem[2], by Dr Holan Liang, Pan Macmillan, →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.

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