scunner
/'skʌnə/
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Definition
Noun:
- A strong feeling of dislike or disgust; an aversion: "scunner" refers to a deep-seated, often irrational, dislike or repugnance towards someone or something.
- (Chiefly Scottish & Northern English) A person or thing that causes such disgust: It can also refer to the object of this strong dislike.
Verb (intransitive):
- (Chiefly Scottish) To feel disgust or strong dislike: To experience a sense of loathing or nausea, often in reaction to something.
Verb (transitive):
- (Chiefly Scottish) To disgust; to nauseate: To cause someone to feel a strong sense of aversion or repugnance.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- He took a scunner at the new policy and refused to support it.
- That man is a complete scunner; I can't stand to be near him.
Verb (intransitive):
- I scunner at the very thought of eating snails.
- She scunnered when she saw the state of the kitchen.
Verb (transitive):
- The hypocrisy of the politician scunnered the voters.
- The smell from the dump scunners me.
Advanced Usage
- "to take a scunner at/against/to someone/something": This is the most common idiomatic construction for the noun. It means to develop a strong and lasting dislike for someone or something.
- Ever since he was rude to her, she's taken a scunner against him.
- They took a scunner to the idea from the very beginning.
Variants and Related Words
- Scunnered (adjective, chiefly Scottish): Feeling disgusted or fed up.
- I'm fair scunnered with this rainy weather.
- Scunnering (adjective, present participle): Causing disgust.
- It was a scunnering sight.
Synonyms
- Noun: Aversion, dislike, antipathy, repugnance, loathing.
- Verb (intransitive): Loathe, recoil, feel disgust.
- Verb (transitive): Disgust, repel, nauseate, revolt.
Related Phrases
- "to give someone a scunner": To cause someone to feel disgusted.
- His constant complaining gives me a scunner.
Noun
- a strong dislike
- they took a scunner against the United States