scunner verb & noun. ['skʌnǝ] Scot. & north. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
A. verb.
1. verb intrans. Orig., shrink back with fear, flinch. Now, be affected with violent disgust, feel sick. LME.

2. verb trans. Disgust, sicken. L19.
b. noun.
1. Orig., a loathing disgust. Now also, a grudge, a dislike. Freq. in take a scunner at, take a scunner against, take a scunner to. L15.

2. An annoying person or thing, a nuisance; an object of disgust or loathing. L18.

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