scunner
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scun·ner
(skŭn′ər)n.
A strong dislike; an aversion.
[From Middle English skunner, to shrink back in disgust, from scurnen, to flinch.]
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scunner
(ˈskʌnə; Scottish ˈskʌnər)vb
1. (intr) to feel aversion
2. (tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in
n
3. a strong aversion (often in the phrase take a scunner to)
4. an object of dislike; nuisance
[C14: from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
scun•ner
(ˈskʌn ər)n.
an irrational dislike; loathing.
[1325–75; Middle English (Scots) skunner to shrink back in disgust]
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scunner
Past participle: scunnered
Gerund: scunnering
| Imperative |
|---|
| scunner |
| scunner |
| Present |
|---|
| I scunner |
| you scunner |
| he/she/it scunners |
| we scunner |
| you scunner |
| they scunner |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I scunnered |
| you scunnered |
| he/she/it scunnered |
| we scunnered |
| you scunnered |
| they scunnered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am scunnering |
| you are scunnering |
| he/she/it is scunnering |
| we are scunnering |
| you are scunnering |
| they are scunnering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have scunnered |
| you have scunnered |
| he/she/it has scunnered |
| we have scunnered |
| you have scunnered |
| they have scunnered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was scunnering |
| you were scunnering |
| he/she/it was scunnering |
| we were scunnering |
| you were scunnering |
| they were scunnering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had scunnered |
| you had scunnered |
| he/she/it had scunnered |
| we had scunnered |
| you had scunnered |
| they had scunnered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will scunner |
| you will scunner |
| he/she/it will scunner |
| we will scunner |
| you will scunner |
| they will scunner |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have scunnered |
| you will have scunnered |
| he/she/it will have scunnered |
| we will have scunnered |
| you will have scunnered |
| they will have scunnered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be scunnering |
| you will be scunnering |
| he/she/it will be scunnering |
| we will be scunnering |
| you will be scunnering |
| they will be scunnering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been scunnering |
| you have been scunnering |
| he/she/it has been scunnering |
| we have been scunnering |
| you have been scunnering |
| they have been scunnering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been scunnering |
| you will have been scunnering |
| he/she/it will have been scunnering |
| we will have been scunnering |
| you will have been scunnering |
| they will have been scunnering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been scunnering |
| you had been scunnering |
| he/she/it had been scunnering |
| we had been scunnering |
| you had been scunnering |
| they had been scunnering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would scunner |
| you would scunner |
| he/she/it would scunner |
| we would scunner |
| you would scunner |
| they would scunner |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have scunnered |
| you would have scunnered |
| he/she/it would have scunnered |
| we would have scunnered |
| you would have scunnered |
| they would have scunnered |
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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
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Translations
scunner
[ˈskʌnəʳ] N (esp N Engl, Scot) to take a scunner to sb/sth → tomarla con algn/algo, tenerle ojeriza a algn/algoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005