styggfin
English translation: drop dead gorgeous
| 16:31 May 2, 2012 |
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|  Selected response from: Zofia Wyszynski United States | ||||||
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| 5 | Damned pretty! |
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| 4 | drop dead gorgeous |
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| 3 | grossly beautiful |
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| 3 | scary beautiful |
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| 1 | beautiful(ly) ugly |
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23 mins confidence: 
beautiful(ly) ugly Explanation: beautiful ugly Beautiful ugly is a term used in modeling, when a model has such striking or odd features that they could be considered quite beautiful or very ugly. This is especially rare, and highly desired, especially in couture shoots. Very few beautiful uglies exist, as many are simply labled unatractive, and unsutable for any type of modeling. A very good example of such a person is Omahyra Mota, a Dominican supermodel. Her beauty (or lack there of) is completely in the eye of the beholder. or 1. beautifully ugly Is a description of someone who looks good far away but not so good close up. Someone who is unconventionally sexy in a wrong sort of way. He is beautifully ugly but I'm kinda attracted to him. Explanations and example sentences from http://www.urbandictionary.com Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beautiful%20u... Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beautifully%2... |
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grossly beautiful Explanation: a suggestion -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-05-02 18:04:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- forum.fanfiction.net/topic/29640/8430950/6/ Excluding the fact I'm not grossly beautiful, a vampire…or blonde for that matter. www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/.../april-pad-challenge-... As I move slowly away from the corpse, ...... It was grossly beautiful… |
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1 hr confidence:
scary beautiful Explanation: Beautiful and scary at the same time. |
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2 hrs confidence:
Damned pretty! Explanation: This is dialect. In Trøndelag, where I'm from, we often say "styggfin" about someone who's very pretty! It definitely shouldn't be translated literally, as in "ugly pretty" |
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4 days confidence:
drop dead gorgeous Explanation: Just a suggestion that might work well in this context, as it accurately conveys the meaning and also brings in the notion of dead, since it's referring to the Corpse Bride. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2012-05-07 13:59:28 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thanks! And glad to be of help! :) |
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