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scunner en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

1. (Northumbria, countable, uncountable) Dislike or aversion.
2. (North, Yorkshire, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A young chav.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
scunners	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

scally · charva · chav · charver

scunner en · VERB

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.

Meanings

1. To be sick of.
2. (Northumbria) To dislike.
3. (Northern-Ireland, Scotland) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
   • But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
scunnered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
scunnered	Tense=Past		lexicographic
scunnering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
scunners	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Relateds

scunder