Shun

Word SHUN
Character 4
Hyphenation shun
Pronunciations /ʃʌn/

Definitions and meanings of "Shun"

What do we mean by shun?

To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of. transitive verb

To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with. transitive verb

To stay away from; not go to. transitive verb

To detest; abhor; shrink from.

To go or keep away from; keep out of the neighborhood of; avoid.

To try to escape from; attempt to elude, generally with success; hence, to evade; escape.

To refrain from; eschew; neglect; refuse.

To shove; push. Bailey, 1731; Halliwell.

To shrink back; fall back; retreat.

To avoid or evade danger or injury.

To withhold action or participation; refrain, as from doing something.

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew. transitive verb

To avoid, especially persistently. verb

To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). verb

To screen, hide. verb

To shove, push. verb

Expel from a community or group verb

Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of verb

To avoid, especially persistently.

To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).

To screen, hide.

To shove, push.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Shun

The word "shun" in example sentences

Did anybody notice Palin shun Fey at the end of the show? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The thing I like about this list of records-to-shun is that it avoids the obvious targets (Manilow, Kenny G) and goes after worshipped bands like Nirvana and Green Day. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Most significantly, of course, Bishop's poem supplies the missing moral of Wordsworth's tale of a rural village's deliberate "shun" - ning of the outcast woman's loss and pain: "Love should be put into action!" ❋ Unknown (1999)

Shunning is a non-action -- to shun is to avoid, not to interact. ❋ Janice Harper (2011)

However, Paladino was not the party leader's choice and he, too, will learn first hand what the word 'shun' means. ❋ Jerry Kremer (2010)

Also, it would appear that he's not fully cognizant of the meaning of "shun". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Maybe its because the fans want Kristen and Rob to be together because they are our Bella and Edward, and maybe she has to kind of shun him to show that she is very happy in her current/long realtionship. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But by god, there were so many people willing to "shun" the "pike" that the road got a name. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Suits filed yesterday by the Arizona Attorney General against two restaurant owners raise the interesting question of how far members of religious groups can go in implementing a religious decision to excommunicate or "shun" a fellow member without violating civil rights laws. ❋ Howard M. Friedman (2007)

His "Stind at ---- ice" electrified everyone; unlike poor old Aitken, whose staccato and rapid "Company company 'shun'" was never heard by anyone! ❋ David Douglas Ogilvie (N/A)

The view now, however, is based on an entirely different situation than the view Comer was looking at when he decided to "shun", a ridiculous word choice, the testing before trial. ❋ SHG (2010)

Shanmugam defends foreign workers: They are doing jobs Singaporeans "shun" ❋ Unknown (2010)

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