Unbonny

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not attractive; unpleasant to look at. UK, regional

    "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, […]"

Example

More examples

"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, […]"

Etymology

From un- + bonny.

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