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unbonny

unbonny adjective: not attractive; unpleasant to look at.

Adjective

unbonny (comparative more unbonny, superlative most unbonny)

  1. (UK, regional) Not attractive; unpleasant to look at.
    • An unbonny sight she might have been amid all that slime and stink, a wader in blood with a face blackened by the smoke from the paraffin flares and the bubbly lamps, […]1990, Douglas Rae, The Fires of Autumn, page 38

Forms of unbonny

comparativemore unbonny
superlativemost unbonny

Origin of unbonny

From un- + bonny.

Questions about unbonny

What does unbonny mean?
Unbonny means not attractive; unpleasant to look at.
What part of speech is unbonny?
Unbonny is an adjective.

Words near unbonny in the dictionary

  1. unbonneted
  2. unbonneting
  3. unbonnets
  4. unbonnetted
  5. unbonnetting
  6. unbonny
  7. unbooed
  8. unbook
  9. unbookable
  10. unbooked
  11. unbooking

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