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scunner

noun

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as in hate

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  1. hate
  2. distaste
  3. dislike
  4. indifference
Noun
  • Putin’s Kremlin has a long history of aiding far-right hate groups involved in violence against immigrants.
    Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Between June 2023 and 2024, hate incidents against LGBTQ people more than doubled over the prior year, according to data collected by GLAAD, an LGBTQ media watchdog and advocacy nonprofit.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of hate
Noun
  • His distaste for being on video, for instance, persists.
    Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • You’re still hampered by a distaste for obligation, but whatever.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of distaste
Noun
  • Isabel almost immediately develops an intense dislike for Eva, a disorderly presence who disrupts the strictly regimented life Isabel has built for herself.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
  • After openly expressing his dislike of USC’s previous defensive staff, Gentry was a big fan of Entz.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of dislike
Noun
  • One day after a clip of Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley ripping JJ Redick went viral, the Lakers coach issued his own rebuttal — with indifference.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But Assad’s fall (and Russia’s indifference to the collapse of his regime) suggests that concern for Syria or any other client state has been subjugated by Putin to his overriding focus on dealing Ukraine a decisive defeat.
    Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of indifference
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“Scunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scunner. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.

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