Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Dislike or aversion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria, countable, uncountable
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noun
A young chav.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: North, Yorkshire, countable, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
The NATO reporting name of the R-1 ballistic missile built by the Soviet Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To be sick of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To dislike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria
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verb
To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-Ireland, Scotland
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noun
a strong dislike
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dislike
History
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.
