butt-ugly

adjective

butt-ug·​ly

slang

: extremely ugly

a butt-ugly building

And even the butt-ugly smock that he—like almost all the other brokers—wears in lieu of a suit jacket, costs more than it seems it should.

—Robert O'Brien, P.O.V., September 1998

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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