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scundered en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈskʌndəɹd/

Etymology

Alteration of scunnered.

Meanings

1. (Northern-Ireland, slang) Fed up; not content, not satisfied.
   • I'm scundered. I'm going home.
2. (slang) Embarrassed; caught off guard.
   • I'm scundered. I just asked a lady out and she said no.
   • ‘My face actually hit the pavement.’ ‘Scundered!’ I said. ‘Exactly!’ Meg laughed. 2017, Shirley-Anne McMillan, The Unknowns, Hachette, →ISBN:
   • She uses the word ‘scundered’, which is a Northern Irish colloquialism for a mixture of being caught off guard and embarrassment: ‘[…]So the day I went in, I was paying £19 and the teacher said to me, “Are you sure you can afford it?” I was scundered, so I was, because his teachers know I don't have a job.[…]’ 2015, Mary Daly, Grace Kelly, Families and Poverty: Everyday Life on a Low Income, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 155:

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