scunner
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of scunner
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- To be sick of.
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verb
- To be sick of.
- (Northumbria)To dislike.
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(Northern-Ireland, Scotland)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.”
noun
- (Northumbria, countable, uncountable)Dislike or aversion.
- (North, Yorkshire, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A young chav.
- The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
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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.
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