Scunner

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scunner \Scun"ner\, v. t. [Cf. {Shun}.]
     To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Scunner \Scun"ner\, v. i.
     To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have
     dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --C.
     Kingsley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scunner \Scun"ner\, n.
     A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice;
     abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one. [Scot. &
     Prov. Eng.] --Carlyle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scunner
       n : a strong dislike; "they took a scunner against the United
           States"