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be no oil painting
UK humorousDefinition
› to not be attractive: She's no oil painting but she's got a lovely personality.Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant
(Definition of be no oil painting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy adjective
- charmless adjective
- dag noun
- florid adjective (DECORATED)
- gaunt adjective
- ghoulish adjective
- horsey adjective
- inelegant adjective
- look a fright idiom
- minger noun
- monstrosity noun
- mutton dressed as lamb idiom
- putrid adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- ugly adjective (NOT ATTRACTIVE)
- unappealing adjective
- unattractive adjective
- unbecoming adjective
- unflattering adjective
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