Complete Definition of "scunner"

see|Scunner
English

Verb
en-verb

  1. To be sick of.
  2. Northumbrian To dislike.

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|Northumbrian dislike|Dislike or aversion.
  2. context|Yorkshire dialect|pejorative North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime.

Usage notes
Older scunners, i.e. young adults, would be recognisable as chavs.

Synonyms
charva, charver (Tyneside dialect)
chav
scally

References
R:Northeast Dialect 2005


Scots

Verb
sco-verb

  1. To be very tired, to be knackered.

vi:scunner

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