shunning
Meaning of shunning
verb, gerund or present participle
- 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 shunning
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of shunning
shun-ning
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- shunning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
shunning synonyms
Meaning avoidance:
Meaning contrive not to meet (someone):
Meaning escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:
Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:
Meaning rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully:
Meaning refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally:
Meaning ignore or refuse to recognize (someone):
Meaning fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:
Meaning reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner:
Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning consider to be unworthy of one's consideration:
Meaning indicate or show that one is not willing to do something:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning exclude from a society or group:
Meaning the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal:
shunning antonyms
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning attempt to find (something):
Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:
Words that rhyme with shunning
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