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shun [ shuhn ] SHOW IPA
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verb (used with object), shunned, shun·ning.
to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
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Origin of shun First recorded before 950; Middle English shunen, Old English scunian “to avoid, fear”
OTHER WORDS FROM shun shun·na·ble, adjective shun·ner, noun un·shun·na·ble, adjective
Words nearby shun Shulchan Aruch ,
Shulhan Arukh ,
Shull ,
Shultz ,
Shumen ,
shun ,
shunned ,
shunpike ,
shunt ,
shunter ,
shunting engine
Other definitions for shun (2 of 2)
Shun
[ shoon ] SHOW IPA
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Words related to shun despise ,
disdain ,
eschew ,
neglect ,
pass up ,
refuse ,
reject ,
scorn ,
snub ,
bilk ,
cold-shoulder ,
cut ,
decline ,
ditch ,
dodge ,
double ,
duck ,
elude ,
escape ,
evade
How to use shun in a sentence It’s not illegal in the Kingdom anymore, but it’s still shun ned and disgraced by the society as a whole, and even as a middle schooler I understood that.
Stridently independent, she shun ned the industry in the face of systemic apathy toward a blind woman whose music defied all norms of the time.
She had to sort through precisely what to call herself because she didn’t want to offend someone by shun ning a description or offend someone else by claiming a particular biography that wasn’t hers.
Its own technical staff continues to pressure the company to embrace environmental policies it has so far shun ned.
Before you shun him, Miss Manners recommends that you proceed as though it were the latter.
The dish was a massive hit, and Shun Lee Palace subsequently received a four-star review in The New York Times.
Around that time, in 1972, Chinese-American restaurateur Michael Tong opened Shun Lee Palace on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
She was personally against abortion, but she did not shun those who were pro-choice.
He was a rarity in a country where the superrich shun publicity or pretend they are like everyone else.
Batista also is a rarity in a country where the superrich shun publicity or pretend they are like everyone else.
But in saying life, it must not be thought that gaiety is implied; none could shun that as Lady Hartledon now seemed to shun it.
I went to live with a very ungodly family, but that sense of right and wrong within me made me shun and despise their evil ways.
Teach your children, according to their ability to comprehend, all that they should know to be able to shun evil.
There was a spell in the shyness, which made her avoid and shun all admiring approaches to acquaintance.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellYaou's son Shun was an equally remarkable man, wise and accomplished, who lived only to advance the happiness of his subjects.
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British Dictionary definitions for shun (1 of 2)
verb shuns , shunning or shunned
(tr) to avoid deliberately; keep away from
Derived forms of shun shunnable , adjective shunner , noun Word Origin for shun Old English scunian, of obscure origin
British Dictionary definitions for shun (2 of 2)
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