scunner

Meanings

Plural: scunners

Noun

a strong dislike
- "they took a scunner against the United States"
Dislike or aversion.
A young chav.

Verb

To be sick of.
To dislike.
To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

charva, charver, chav, scally

Scrabble Score: 9

scunner is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scunner is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scunner is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

scunner is a valid Words With Friends word