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Meanings of downright ugly in English

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Usage of downright ugly in English
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A mystery with a downright ugly young woman would be unpleasant.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
2
Your views of Electric Picnic 2011: the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
The Irish Times
3
Those shows have been good, bad and occasionally downright ugly.
The Irish Times
4
If I had the usual white eyelashes I should be downright ugly, but, thank goodness!
Red Hair
5
What was a sluggish first quarter for the Rockets turned downright ugly in the second.
Reuters
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No looker -this brute is downright ugly -but wow, it does the job.
The Guardian
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From there, it turned downright ugly for the hosts as the Blues took complete control.
Reuters
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His face is downright ugly and seamed with the small-pox, and he has a long nose.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
9
He answered, Be downright ugly if you can.
The Judge
10
In fact, when he lost sight of the river, Sid thought the landscape was downright ugly.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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In fact, at times it was downright ugly.
Reuters
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She is downright ugly- Iwonderat Hazlehurst's taste!
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
13
As we left June and entered July, the notoriously poor Pakistani summer weather turned downright ugly.
Rock and Ice Magazine
14
I tell you it looked downright ugly, and I wouldn't have given a continental for our chances.
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
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Besides that, the bags the NFL is selling that meet the new policy are just downright ugly.
Ebony
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As law enforcement goes, it's downright ugly.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
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