adjective
General Slang
scunnered
· adjective · scottish
Fed up to the back teeth, sick of something, completely done with it.
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Definitions
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Properly fed up, sick of it, at the end of your tether. Stronger than English 'fed up' — carries real weariness and disgust. One of the most-used words in everyday Scots.
“I'm pure scunnered with this weather, it's been raining for a fortnight.”
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Disgusted or repelled by something to the point you can't face any more of it. Often used about food you've overdone.
“I had turkey for five days straight at Christmas, I'm scunnered with the stuff.”
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scunnered In A Sentence
I'm pure scunnered with this weather, it's been raining for a fortnight.
I had turkey for five days straight at Christmas, I'm scunnered with the stuff.
Origin & Usage
Past participle of the Scots verb 'scunner', in use since at least the 1500s.
Variants
scunnert
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