shun [ shuhn ] SHOW IPA
/ ʃʌn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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
Other definitions for shun (2 of 2)
Shun
[ shoon ] SHOW IPA
/ ʃun / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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 On the trail of her husband, Norah discovers that the people of Tahiti and the seafaring folk who work in the area shun the unnamed neighboring island.
Those that are new to the industry often hear derision regarding the matter and shun these backlinks without having done their research or tested them on their own.
Amid admonitions that people should shun large gatherings because of the coronavirus, the wet holiday seemed suited to solitary contemplation.
This marks a change from 2017, when the traditional corporate and financial world largely shun ned cryptocurrency.
Government programs have failed it, private investors have shun ned it, and speculators have bought and sold pieces of it with little evident interest in building anything.
By resolutely shun ning money, his campaign forged alternative tactics, all of which were explained in detail on Healey's blog.
And they can be used as video incrimination or provide for some good old-fashioned shun ning.
So, who has kept to the letter and spirit of the accord more and who has been more egregious in shun ning it?
“Mainstream Muslim organizations are shun ning Akkari,” he says.
Americans are shun ning soda and claim they want healthier fast-food options.
For four days he had wandered along the coast quite alone, shun ning acquaintances, and living entirely with strangers.
They had already separated from him, as though shun ning a corpse because of its nauseous odour.
Ruth, although shun ning society, found herself drawn to Mrs. Leon by an unaccountable magnetism.
So he lived alone, with no kith nor kin, nor even a friend, shun ning his kind and shun ned by them.
It seems an indolent, sedentary bird, shun ning the society of all others in the forest.
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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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