scunner

Meanings

1. To be sick of.
2. To dislike.
3. To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

1. Dislike or aversion.
2. A young chav.

1. The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.