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scun⋅ner

  [skuhn-er]
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–noun
1. an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him.
–verb (used without object)
2. Scot. and North England. to feel or show violent disgust, esp. to flinch, blanch, or gag.
–verb (used with object)
3. Scot. and North England. to disgust; nauseate.
Origin:
1325–75; ME (Scots) skunner to shrink back in disgust, equiv. to skurn to flinch (akin to scare ) + -er -er 6 , with loss of first r by dissimilation
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scun·ner   (skŭn'ər)   
n.  A strong dislike; an aversion.

[From Middle English skunner, to shrink back in disgust, from scurnen, to flinch.]
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