hideous grin
Frequency: 6.00.5 per million words
describes a smile that is ugly or malicious
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Examples (10)
- The villain gave a hideous grin before revealing his plan.
- A hideous grin spread across his face as he watched the chaos.
- She recoiled at the sight of the creature's hideous grin.
- The clown's painted face was fixed in a hideous grin.
- He tried to hide his hideous grin behind his hand.
- Even in the dark, her hideous grin was visible.
- The old witch offered a hideous grin as she stirred her cauldron.
- A hideous grin played on the gargoyle's stone features.
- To her horror, the doll suddenly displayed a hideous grin.
- The hideous grin hinted at the evil lurking within him.