scunner

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#1·5h ago

To be sick of.

But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else.

Origin: Borrowed from , skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner, from , of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically . Compare also , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(Northumbria) To dislike.

But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else.

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#3·5h ago

(Scotland, Northern Ireland) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

But maybe she'd just got scunnered with Glasgow, fucked off to try her luck someplace else.

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