What it means
Scunnered means you're thoroughly fed up, sickened, or just done with something. It's a proper Scots word for that heavy, worn-out disgust when bad weather, useless carry-on, grim food, or repeated nonsense has drained the life right out of your patience. Stronger than mildly annoyed, not quite raging.
Usage examples
"Absolutely scunnered with this weather, three weeks of rain and the garden looks like Loch Ness. Even the cat refuses to go outside and she is normally hard as nails."
"I'm pure scunnered with this weather, four days of rain and the forecast says more of the same."
"She was scunnered after the third bus sailed past full, so she just walked the whole way home."
"I'm scunnered with this bloody boiler, it's packed in again and it's freezing in the house."
"He was pure scunnered after another meeting that could've been an email, so he just shut the laptop and went for a walk."
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Where it comes from
Scunnered comes from Scots scunner, a long-standing word for disgust, loathing, or being thoroughly put off by something. It’s been in Scots for centuries, and scunnered grew from that base in the usual Scots way to mean fed up, sickened, or totally done with the whole miserable business.
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