coyote ugly

English

Alternative forms

• coyote-ugly

Pronunciation

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Adjective

coyote ugly (not comparable)

1. (US, slang, derogatory, originally applied to women) Very ugly.
   • 2003, Georgina Gentry, To Tame A Texan, Zebra Books, →ISBN:

     A girl was coyote ugly if, when a man got too drunk, picked her up, took her to bed, and woke up with her asleep on his arm in the morning, he'd chew his arm off to escape without waking her up.

   • 2009, Dakota Cassidy, Kiss & Hell, Penguin, →ISBN:

     Poodles, Pomeranians, those uglier than coyote ugly Pugs, Chihuahuas—you name it, he'd been in a cage with the fuckers, fighting for his right to a stupid rubber hot dog coated in beef broth while he waited for Gustav to milk his renal glands.

   • 2011, Howard Lindzon, Philip Pearlman, Ivaylo Ivanhoff, The StockTwits Edge, Enhanced Edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 56:

     Crocs are coyote ugly. Some people like the Crocs clog style; others simply hate it.

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “coyote-ugly adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang