scunner
See also: Scunner
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.
Verb
scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)
- To be sick of.
- (Northumbria) To dislike.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
Noun
scunner (plural scunners)
- (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
- (North Yorkshire, derogatory) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav.
Synonyms
- charva, charver (Tyneside dialect)
- chav
- scally
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
Anagrams
- cunners
Scots
Verb
scunner (third-person singular present scunners, present participle scunnerin, past scunnert, past participle scunnert)
- to be very tired, to be knackered