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fugly

American  
[fuhg-lee] / ˈfʌg li /

adjective

Slang: Vulgar.
fuglier, fugliest
  1. very ugly; extremely unattractive.


fugly British  
/ ˈfʌɡlɪ /

adjective

  1. offensive extremely ugly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fugly

First recorded in 1970–75; f(ucking) ( def. ) + ugly ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Everywhere the camera pointed inside the rotunda, a new “most fugly jacket I’ve ever seen” appeared.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

Plus, the clothes he arrives in are fugly.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2024

For that special someone, no need for a fruit cake or fugly sweater.

From National Geographic Dec. 18, 2015

Nick shows up for their dinner in a fugly striped shirt unbuttoned to his nipple line and Kaitlyn takes a long sip of wine as she starts to question her taste in men.

From Time Jul. 28, 2015

The game-changing silhouette involved wide-leg trousers, slightly cropped, worn with a long top and the next fashionably fugly shoe, a sensible ballet pump with no-nonsense wood-block heels like something mom would wear.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2014

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