scunner

[ skuhn-er ]

/ ˈskʌn ər /

noun

an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him.

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England. to feel or show violent disgust, especially to flinch, blanch, or gag.

verb (used with object)

Scot. and North England. to disgust; nauseate.

Origin of scunner

1325–75; Middle English (Scots ) skunner to shrink back in disgust, equivalent to skurn to flinch (akin to scare) + -er-er⁶, with loss of first r by dissimilation

Words nearby scunner

scummy, scuncheon, scundered, scunge, scungy, scunner, scunnered, Scunthorpe, scup, scupper, scuppernong

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Example sentences from the Web for scunner

Wilson took a scunner at Aberdeen, and decided to leave it and look around him.
The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown
Scunder or Scunner; a dislike; to take a dislike or disgust against anything.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
When the three walked out together, they made a scunner run through the colony o' Larut.
Life's Handicap|Rudyard Kipling
But she had what the Scotch call a 'scunner' against me when I was a boy.
What Timmy Did|Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes

The scunner in the foretop was near blinded by the driven snow.
The Adventures of Billy Topsail|Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for scunner

scunner

/ (ˈskʌnə, Scottish ˈskʌnər) dialect, mainly Scot /

verb

(intr) to feel aversion

(tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in

noun

a strong aversion (often in the phrase take a scunner to)

an object of dislike; nuisance

Word Origin for scunner

C14: from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin

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单词	scunner
释义	scunner [ skuhn-er ] / ˈskʌn ər / noun an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him. verb (used without object) Scot. and North England. to feel or show violent disgust, especially to flinch, blanch, or gag. verb (used with object) Scot. and North England. to disgust; nauseate. Origin of scunner 1325–75; Middle English (Scots ) skunner to shrink back in disgust, equivalent to skurn to flinch (akin to scare) + -er-er⁶, with loss of first r by dissimilation Words nearby scunner scummy, scuncheon, scundered, scunge, scungy, scunner, scunnered, Scunthorpe, scup, scupper, scuppernong Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scunner Wilson took a scunner at Aberdeen, and decided to leave it and look around him. The House with the Green Shutters\|George Douglas Brown Scunder or Scunner; a dislike; to take a dislike or disgust against anything. English As We Speak It in Ireland\|P. W. Joyce When the three walked out together, they made a scunner run through the colony o' Larut. Life's Handicap\|Rudyard Kipling But she had what the Scotch call a 'scunner' against me when I was a boy. What Timmy Did\|Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes The scunner in the foretop was near blinded by the driven snow. The Adventures of Billy Topsail\|Norman Duncan British Dictionary definitions for scunner scunner / (ˈskʌnə, Scottish ˈskʌnər) dialect, mainly Scot / verb (intr) to feel aversion (tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in noun a strong aversion (often in the phrase take a scunner to) an object of dislike; nuisance Word Origin for scunner C14: from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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