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
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
