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Definition of Scunner
1. Noun. A strong dislike. "They took a scunner against the United States"
Definition of Scunner
1. v. t. To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
2. v. i. To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance.
3. n. A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one.
Definition of Scunner
1. Proper noun. The Nato reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union ¹
2. Verb. To be sick of. ¹
3. Verb. (Northumbria) To dislike. ¹
4. Noun. (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion. ¹
5. Noun. (Yorkshire pejorative) North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scunner
1. to feel loathing or disgust [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scunner
Literary usage of Scunner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Shows how I came to Goblin Market and took a Scunner at it and Cursed the Chinese
People. Shows further how I Initiated all Hong-Kong into our Fraternity. ..."
2. From Sea to Sea by Rudyard Kipling (1900)
"Shows how I came to Goblin Market and took a Scunner at it and cursed the Chinese
People. Shows further how I initiated all Hong-Kong into our Fraternity. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Scunner, aversion, disgust, contempt. A youthful bridegroom, on being asked by
the clergyman ... He did not scunner''—did not observe or pay attention to. ..."
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