scunner
IPA: skˈʌnɝ
noun
- (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
- (North Yorkshire, derogatory) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav.
- The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
verb
- To be sick of.
- (Northumbria) To dislike.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
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Examples of "scunner" in Sentences
- In Newfoundland the term barrelman was synonymous with the word scunner.
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