scunner

scun·ner  (sknr)

n.

A strong dislike; an aversion.

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[From Middle English skunner, to shrink back in disgust, from scurnen, to flinch.]

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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]

Thesaurus

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