scunnered
Britishadjective
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annoyed, discontented, or bored
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nauseated or disgusted, esp from a surfeit of food, drink, etc
Etymology
Origin of scunnered
C15: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Making her pitch to voters, Mackay told BBC Scotland News: "We know you're scunnered with politics at the moment, and we know you're looking for a bit of hope, we're going to offer that."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
But there was a sense that voters in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse were scunnered with the status quo.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025
"I'm just devastated. You get scunnered with it."
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023
Andrew Mitchell, director of the Kilted Kangaroo bar in Dundee, said he was "scunnered, annoyed, and disappointed" by the new restrictions.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2020
Someway or other, whenever she thought of matrimony—which she did occasionally—she at the same time thought of Thomas Laing, and, as she expressed it, her heart scunnered at the thought.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
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