shun

Meaning of shun

verb
  1. persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
    he shunned fashionable society

Old English scunian ‘abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy’, of unknown origin.

Information about shun

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of shun is: shuns.
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Hyphenation of shun

shun

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • shun is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

shun synonyms

Meaning eschew:

eschew

Meaning banish:

banish, ban, ostracize, blackball

Meaning contrive not to meet (someone):

avoid

Meaning escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:

evade

Meaning rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully:

snub

Meaning refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally:

ignore

Meaning ignore or refuse to recognize (someone):

cut

Meaning fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:

reject

Meaning reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner:

rebuff

Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:

dismiss

Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:

spurn

Meaning consider to be unworthy of one's consideration:

disdain

Meaning indicate or show that one is not willing to do something:

refuse

Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:

decline

Meaning refuse to accept; reject:

repudiate

Meaning the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal:

snout

shun antonyms

Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):

accept

Meaning attempt to find (something):

seek

Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:

welcome

Translation of shun

Anagrams of shun

Huns, huns

Words that rhyme with shun

reshun, Nahshun, Grishun, Fushun, Lushun

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