BONNIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonnie mean? 

• BONNIE (adjective)
  The adjective BONNIE has 1 sense:

1. very pleasing to the eye

  Familiarity information: BONNIE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONNIE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very pleasing to the eye

Synonyms:

bonnie; bonny; comely; fair; sightly

Context example:

young fair maidens

Similar:

beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)

 Context examples 

That rosy cheeks don't last forever, that silver threads will come in the bonnie brown hair, and that, by-and-by, kindness and respect will be as sweet as love and admiration now.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Don't you be scared, my bonnie boy," said Lord John, patting the matted head in front of him.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He fled at once, and the minute it was well, "Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee," she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He isn't one of the cool, stiff Englishmen, but is rather peppery, for he has Scotch blood in him, as one might guess from his bonnie blue eyes.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)