different between loathe vs scunner

English

Etymology

Middle English lothe, from Old English l?þian, from Proto-Germanic *laiþ?n?. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??ð/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?ð/
• Rhymes: -??ð

Verb

loathe (third-person singular simple present loathes, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)

1. (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).

   Synonyms: abhor, abominate, despise

   • a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Of Agriculture

     Loathing the honeyed cakes, I long for bread.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the related adjective loath.

Alternative forms

• loath (obsolete)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hate

Derived terms

Related terms

• loath, loth

Translations

Further reading

• loathe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• loathe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Athole, Theola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun +? -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.

Verb

scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)

1. To be sick of.
2. (Northumbria) To dislike.
3. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Noun

scunner (plural scunners)

1. (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
2. (North Yorkshire, derogatory) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav.

Synonyms

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

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• cunners

Scots

Verb

scunner (third-person singular present scunners, present participle scunnerin, past scunnert, past participle scunnert)

1. to be very tired, to be knackered