What does ugly as sin mean?

ugly as sin

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

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"It was easy enough to see that the child was a changeling, for it wasn't like other children at all it screamed and cried, as if a knife stuck in it, and it wheezed and hit about with its arms like a huldre-cat, and was as ugly as sin."
"'She is a personality,' said M. Bouc. 'Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt.'."

original as sin

original as sin

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