bonnie

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Bonnie is a Scottish and Northern English dialect word meaning attractive, fine, or healthy-looking.

It suggests a wholesome, pleasing appearance: a bonnie lass, a bonnie baby.

The word appears in traditional songs and literature evoking Scottish settings, most famously in "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean." Outside Scottish contexts, it sounds quaint or deliberately folksy. (Capitalized Bonnie is a given name.)

attractive

beautiful

Extremely pleasing aesthetically

stunning · comely · fair · handsome · fetching · winsome · radiant · charming · delightful · pleasing

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physical attractiveness

bonnieugly

Displeasing to look at

homely · plain · hideous · unattractive · unsightly

overall quality/excellence

bonnieawful

Extremely bad quality

dreadful · terrible · wretched · miserable · poor

health and vitality

bonniesickly

Prone to poor health

frail · wan · peaked · poorly · gaunt

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Family

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