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scunner

[skuhn-er]

noun

  1. an irrational dislike; loathing.

    She took a scunner to him.



verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with object)

  1. Scot. and North England.,  to disgust; nauseate.

scunner

/ ˈskʌnər, ˈskʌnə /

verb

  1. (intr) to feel aversion

  2. (tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in

“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

noun

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

  2. an object of dislike; nuisance

“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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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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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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