scunner
See also: Scunner
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Verb edit
scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)
- To be sick of.
- (Northumbria) To dislike.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123:
- But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else.
Noun edit
scunner (countable and uncountable, plural scunners)
- (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
- (North Yorkshire, derogatory) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav.
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Verb edit
scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnerin, simple past scunnert, past participle scunnert)
Noun edit
scunner (plural scunners)