scundered

comparative more scundered · superlative most scundered

1. Northern IrelandslangFed up; not content, not satisfied.

   I'm scundered. I'm going home.

2. slangEmbarrassed; caught off guard.

   I'm scundered. I just asked a lady out and she said no.

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   She uses the word ‘scundered’, which is a Northern Irish colloquialism for a mixture of being caught off guard and embarrassment: ‘[…]So the day I went in, I was paying £19 and the teacher said to me, “Are you sure you can afford it?” I was scundered, so I was, because his teachers know I don't have a job.[…]’

   2015, Mary Daly, Grace Kelly, Families and Poverty: Everyday Life on a Low Income, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 155

   ‘My face actually hit the pavement.’ ‘Scundered!’ I said. ‘Exactly!’ Meg laughed.

   2017, Shirley-Anne McMillan, The Unknowns, Hachette, →ISBN