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(Scottish) a strong dislike
Answer for the clue "(Scottish) a strong dislike ", 7 letters:
scunner
Word definitions for scunner in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scunner \Scun"ner\, v. i. To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a strong dislike; "they took a scunner against the United States"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Northumbria English) dislike or aversion. 2 (context Yorkshire pejorative English) North Yorkshire term for an urban youth and usually associated with trouble or petty crime. vb. 1 To be sick of. 2 (context Northumbria English) To dislike. ...
Usage examples of scunner.
Fairyland for being completely pished at two in the afternoon, whatever any scunner might mphf mphf.
Why have I a scunner against Esme that I try to fight down as unworthy and potentially mischievous?
Thank God the scunner is away, although I think his replacement is going to be every bit as nasty.
I looked through a crack in the kitchen door and I saw the wee scunner put something in my drink.
I expect I could work up a fairly healthy scunner to that pair myself, if I had to be around them long.
There he sat, a muckle fat, white hash of a man like creish, wi' a kind of a holy smile that gart me scunner.
They, an’ all grims an’ signs an’ warnin’s, be all invented by parsons an’ illsome berk-bodies an’ railway touters to skeer an’ scunner hafflin’s, an’ to get folks to do somethin’ that they don’t other incline to.