Shun
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃʌn/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Shun is a verb meaning (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
Meaning
(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
- (transitive) To screen, hide.
- (transitive) To shove, push.
Example Sentences
Acrophobes shun mountaineering.
I'll shun meeting them for as long as possible.
British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
Word Forms
- shuns
- shunning
- shunned
Synonyms for shun
Depending on context, synonyms include eschew, ostracize, banish, blackball, ban.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eschew, banish, blackball, ostracize, ban, avoid.
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