shun
verb (used with object), shunned, shun·ning.
Origin of shun
Synonyms for shun
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Related Words for shunned
despise, disdain, eschew, refuse, snub, reject, scorn, neglect, dodge, shy, cut, decline, shake, double, escape, bilk, evade, elude, stall, duckExamples from the Web for shunned
Contemporary Examples of shunned
Before Cuba was shunned and sanctioned, it was a handy place for the randy.
Now the center was being used for “Ebola orphans” – lost children, shunned children, distressed children.
By contrast, in the 2010 midterm election, the GOP embraced super PACs while Democrats shunned them.
Women Living with Incurable STDs, argues that women are more often shunned when it comes to an STI.
Or the person may have been sustained, but mercilessly mocked and shunned in life.
Historical Examples of shunned
In June the florist's shop is a poor place, sedulously to be shunned.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Hannah, as she moves up and down, is shunned as a person infected.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
To keep faith with John and Milly, should I have shunned him?
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
He was puzzled, for people, while they shunned him, did not appear uncivil.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
His manner to Vargrave was distant; he shunned all tete-a-tetes with his wife.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton