Shun

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To avoid deliberately; keep away from. See Synonyms at escape.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To avoid, especially persistently.
  • v. To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
  • v. To screen, hide.
  • v. To shove, push.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. expel from a community or group
  • v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
  • Verb Form
    shunned    shunning    shuns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expel    kick out    throw out    avoid   
    Variant
    shunned    shunning   
    Form
    shunner    shunless    shunnable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    avoid   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Donne    Gunn    Hon    Hun    Jun    Kun    M1    Nun    Son    Sun