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scunner

verb

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.

  1. derived from skoneren — “to feel sick or disgusted”
  2. borrowed from scunner

Definitions

  1. To be sick of.

  2. To dislike.

  3. To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

    • But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Dislike or aversion.

    2. A young chav.

    3. The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA