Scunner Definition

skŭnər
noun
A strong dislike.
Webster's New World
(Yorkshire, pejorative) North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime.
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The Nato reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.

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verb
To feel disgust or strong aversion.
Webster's New World

To be sick of.

Wiktionary

(Northumbrian) To dislike.

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Other Word Forms of Scunner

Noun

Singular:
scunner
Plural:
scunners

Origin of Scunner

  • From Middle English skunner to shrink back in disgust from scurnen to flinch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare shun.

    From Wiktionary

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