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scunnersome

scunnersome adjective: disgusting.

Adjective

scunnersome (comparative more scunnersome, superlative most scunnersome)

  1. (Scotland) Disgusting.
  2. (Scotland) Annoying; irritating.
    • ‘But all the same it is damned scunnersome, spam, spam, spam, at every meal.’1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 19

Forms of scunnersome

comparativemore scunnersome
superlativemost scunnersome

Origin of scunnersome

From scunner + -some.

Questions about scunnersome

What does scunnersome mean?
Scunnersome means disgusting.
What part of speech is scunnersome?
Scunnersome is an adjective.

Words near scunnersome in the dictionary

  1. scunned
  2. scunner
  3. scunnered
  4. scunnering
  5. scunners
  6. scunnersome
  7. scunning
  8. Scunny
  9. scuns
  10. Scunthonian
  11. Scunthonians

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