scunner

Plural: scunners

Noun

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

Verb

Verb Forms: scunnered, scunnering, scunners

To feel intense dislike, loathing, or disgust towards something.
To be sick of.
To dislike.
To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Examples

She SCUNNERED at the sight of her opponent’s triple-word score, wishing for a challenge.

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

scunner: valid Words With Friends Word