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scunner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scunner has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
scunner, v. t. [Cf. Shun.].
To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [1913 Webster]
scunner, v. i.
To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
scunner, n.
A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scunner, v. & n. Sc.
--v.intr. feel disgust or nausea.
--n.
1 a strong dislike (esp. take a scunner at or against).
2 an object of loathing.
--v.intr. feel disgust or nausea.
--n.
1 a strong dislike (esp. take a scunner at or against).
2 an object of loathing.
Etymology
14th c.: orig. uncert.
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