scunner
(noun) a strong dislike; “they took a scunner against the United States”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)
To be sick of.
(Northumbria) To dislike.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
scunner (plural scunners)
(Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
(North Yorkshire, pejorative) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav.
• charva, charver (Tyneside dialect)
• chav
• scally
• cunners
Scunner (plural Scunners)
The Nato reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
• cunners
Source: Wiktionary
Scun"ner, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Shun.]
Definition: To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Scun"ner, v. i.
Definition: To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Scun"ner, n.
Definition: A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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