"scunner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scunners [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|scunner}} Scots scunner, {{m|sco|skunner}} skunner, {{m|sco|skunnyr}} skunnyr, {{m|sco|skowner|t=to shrink back; flinch}} skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), {{der|en|enm|skoneren|t=to feel sick or disgusted}} Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), {{suffix|en|shun|er|pos2=frequentative suffix}} shun + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|enm|scurnen|t=to flinch}} Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), {{cog|en|scare}} English scare, {{cog|en|scorn}} English scorn Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scunner (countable and uncountable, plural scunners)
  1. (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion. Tags: Northumbria, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-scunner-en-noun-l~NVbzCC Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 26 27 Categories (other): Northumbrian English
  2. (North Yorkshire, derogatory) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav. Tags: North, Yorkshire, countable, derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-scunner-en-noun-zGPRo97X Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 26 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: charva, charver [Tyneside, dialectal], chav, scally

Verb

Forms: scunners [present, singular, third-person], scunnering [participle, present], scunnered [participle, past], scunnered [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|scunner}} Scots scunner, {{m|sco|skunner}} skunner, {{m|sco|skunnyr}} skunnyr, {{m|sco|skowner|t=to shrink back; flinch}} skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), {{der|en|enm|skoneren|t=to feel sick or disgusted}} Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), {{suffix|en|shun|er|pos2=frequentative suffix}} shun + -er (frequentative suffix), {{cog|enm|scurnen|t=to flinch}} Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), {{cog|en|scare}} English scare, {{cog|en|scorn}} English scorn Head templates: {{en-verb}} scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)
  1. To be sick of.
    Sense id: en-scunner-en-verb-fVkSIoH8
  2. (Northumbria) To dislike. Tags: Northumbria Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-scunner-en-verb-RC6~EFpa Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 26 27 Categories (other): Northumbrian English
  3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-scunner-en-verb-fF~HFpFC Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 26 27 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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