scunner

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Noun
  • Although Phillies fans might not love it — particularly with Philadelphia hosting Los Angeles this weekend — star Bryce Harper isn't buying the hate.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • State and town leaders are condemning hate after flyers with transphobic and homophobic messaging were found littered across Deep River and surrounding towns.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the truly painful manifestation of distaste for Musk has been entirely legal, as consumers have shunned his cars.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The deep pockets of some in Congress help explain the disconnect between those in power and the ordinary Americans who elected them to serve, and the political distaste for term limits.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The valley has long leaned Democratic, but with an unusual political mix: a general dislike of getting too involved in Washington’s business coupled with an at-times contradictory mix of libertarian individualism, Bay Area activism and belief in the ability of science to solve the world’s problems.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Self-care, no matter the time of year, means respecting Bernie Taupin’s dislike of The Big Picture.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, Riley wasn’t even talking about Herro, but rather of another year of seeming regular-season indifference from Jimmy Butler and the sometimes schedule of the since-dealt disgruntled forward Still, that’s what made last week’s victory over the Atlanta Hawks so meaningful for Herro.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
  • An informal survey of non-students around downtown Elon Wednesday suggested at least a touch of indifference.
    Josh Shaffer, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Scunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scunner. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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