scunner

[skuhn-er]

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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.

scunner

/ ˈskʌnər, ˈskʌnə /

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scunner¹

1325–75; Middle English ( Scots ) skunner to shrink back in disgust, equivalent to skurn to flinch (akin to scare ) + -er -er ⁶, with loss of first r by dissimilation

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scunner¹

C14: from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

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Dod! it makes me scunner at some folks' aristocracy.

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She seems to have a special scunner against islands.

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There he sat, a muckle fat, white hash of a man like creish, wi’ a kind of a holy smile that gart me scunner.

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Wylie looked at him for a while with a white scunner in his face.

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Sometimes, too, the animals seems to take a scunner at a place and keeps out o’ the way.

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scungy scunnered

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