Scunner

Origin

Compare shun.

Full definition of scunner

Verb

1. To be sick of.
2. (Northumbria) To dislike.
3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Noun

1. (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
2. (Yorkshire, pejorative) North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime.

Usage notes

Older scunners, i.e. young adults, might be termed chavs.

Synonyms

• charva, charver Tyneside dialect
• chav
• scally

Anagrams

• cunners