Bust
Bust verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
Mug
Mug verb - To distort one's face.
How words are described
| nice | nice bust | nice mug |
| best | best bust | best mug |
| original | original bust | original mug |
| prominent | prominent bust | prominent mug |
| Other adjectives: stupid, large, big, huge, famous, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Ryan's mug appears on Ominous Multiple Screens throughout the city, taunting your pathetic effort to stop him, in addition to his giant bust statue in the lighthouse at the start of the game.
Source: Malevolent Mugshot
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Mug and Bust. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bust/mug
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