scun·ner (sk n  r)n. A strong dislike; an aversion. [From Middle English skunner, to shrink back in disgust, from scurnen, to flinch.] |
scunner [ˈskʌnə (Scot) ˈskʌnər] Dialect chiefly Scot
vb
1. (intr) to feel aversion
2. (tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in
n
1. a strong aversion (often in the phrase take a scunner to)
2. an object of dislike; nuisance
[from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin]
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| Noun | 1. | scunner - a strong dislike; "they took a scunner against the United States" dislike - a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive" Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts |
Translations
scunner [ˈskʌnəʳ] N (esp N Engl, Scot) to take a scunner to sb/sth → tomarla con algn/algo, tenerle ojeriza a algn/algo
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