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Definition of scunner in English: scunnernoun ˈskʌnəˈskənər Scottish 1A strong dislike. why have you a scunner against Esme? Example sentencesExamples - The jury obviously took a scunner (an intense disliking) to the plaintiff and the plaintiff's case.
- Roth takes an especial scunner to poor Kentucky, his locus of American evil.
- But he does harbour this horrible dread of dentistry which became a real scunner when he suffered a bout of toothache.
- Labour's opponents claim they are encountering a door-step scunner factor with the government's choice of election timing, four days before Christmas.
- 1.1 A source of irritation or strong dislike.
Example sentencesExamples - Against that dark, wavy-haired, bespectacled and pompous little individual, I had taken an instant scunner.
verb ˈskʌnəˈskənər [no object]Scottish Feel disgust or strong dislike. he seemed even more scunnered with me than before Example sentencesExamples - I'm fair scunnered about the Holyrood project, and I have the advantage of being fair scunnered before just about anyone else in the country.
- There's a good Scots word for McLeish's physical and mental state: he is scunnered.
- I'm a wee bit scunnered with football at the moment, as you can imagine.
- Somebody might inform him that while he may know the Danish and English words for the feelings he has experienced this week, he should be aware they could best be described, in Scottish terms, as scunnered.
- One of the ablest political figures of his generation, Salmond, scunnered, gave up on leading the parliament he had devoted his life to winning.
- I'm also scunnered with talking about cross-dressing and engaging in the whole ‘should men wear skirts’ debate, feeling as I do that it merely illustrates for the umpteenth time that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
- Scunnered with the malign Scottish press, scunnered with his own backbenchers, scunnered with the amateurism and ineptness of the parliament.
- The public is scunnered enough with politics as it is.
- For 800 of those 850 pages I was transported, absorbed, unsettled and delighted; but scunnered by the cop-out.
- If Salmond was scunnered with Scotland, why not let him have a rest in Westminster?
Origin Late Middle English (first used in the sense 'shrink back with fear'): of unknown origin. Rhymes Corunna, front-runner, gunner, oner, punner, runner, stunner Definition of scunner in US English: scunnernounˈskənər Scottish 1A strong dislike. why have you a scunner against him? Example sentencesExamples - Roth takes an especial scunner to poor Kentucky, his locus of American evil.
- But he does harbour this horrible dread of dentistry which became a real scunner when he suffered a bout of toothache.
- The jury obviously took a scunner (an intense disliking) to the plaintiff and the plaintiff's case.
- Labour's opponents claim they are encountering a door-step scunner factor with the government's choice of election timing, four days before Christmas.
- 1.1 A source of irritation or strong dislike.
Example sentencesExamples - Against that dark, wavy-haired, bespectacled and pompous little individual, I had taken an instant scunner.
verbˈskənər [no object]Scottish Feel disgust or strong dislike. Example sentencesExamples - Scunnered with the malign Scottish press, scunnered with his own backbenchers, scunnered with the amateurism and ineptness of the parliament.
- Somebody might inform him that while he may know the Danish and English words for the feelings he has experienced this week, he should be aware they could best be described, in Scottish terms, as scunnered.
- If Salmond was scunnered with Scotland, why not let him have a rest in Westminster?
- I'm also scunnered with talking about cross-dressing and engaging in the whole ‘should men wear skirts’ debate, feeling as I do that it merely illustrates for the umpteenth time that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
- For 800 of those 850 pages I was transported, absorbed, unsettled and delighted; but scunnered by the cop-out.
- I'm fair scunnered about the Holyrood project, and I have the advantage of being fair scunnered before just about anyone else in the country.
- The public is scunnered enough with politics as it is.
- One of the ablest political figures of his generation, Salmond, scunnered, gave up on leading the parliament he had devoted his life to winning.
- There's a good Scots word for McLeish's physical and mental state: he is scunnered.
- I'm a wee bit scunnered with football at the moment, as you can imagine.
Origin Late Middle English (first used in the sense ‘shrink back with fear’): of unknown origin. |