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Shunner vs Scunner - What's the difference?

shunner | scunner |

Shunner is often a misspelling of scunner.


Shunner has no English definition.

As a verb scunner is

to be sick of.

As a noun scunner is

dislike or aversion.

shunner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who shuns (a thing).

    • scunner

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be sick of.
  • (Northumbria) To dislike.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
  • (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 (term).

    Synonyms

    * charva, charver (Tyneside dialect) * chav * scally

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