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Scunner

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dislike or aversion. Northumbria, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
  3. 3
    a strong dislike wordnet
  4. 4
    A young chav. North, Yorkshire, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To be sick of.
  2. 2
    To dislike. Northumbria
  3. 3
    To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. Northern-Ireland, Scotland

    "But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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