shun (verb)

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• shun — ► VERB (shunned, shunning) ▪ persistently avoid, ignore, or reject. ORIGIN Old English, «abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy» …   English terms dictionary

• shun — /ʃʌn / (say shun) verb (t) (shunned, shunning) to keep away from (a place, person, etc.), from dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. {Middle English shunen, Old English scunian; origin obscure} –shunner, noun …  

• shun´ner — shun «shuhn», transitive verb, shunned, shun|ning. to keep away from because of dislike; avoid: »to shun a person. She was lazy and shunned work. He shunned uttering a direct falsehood, but did not scruple to equivocate (George Bancroft).… …   Useful english dictionary

• shun — [ ʃʌn ] verb transitive to deliberately avoid a person, place, or activity: They shun all forms of luxury. She lives alone, shunned by society …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shun|pike — «SHUHN PYK», noun, verb, piked, pik|ing. Especially U.S. Informal. –n. a road taken by travelers, originally, to avoid paying the toll on a turnpike, but now more frequently, to avoid major highways. –v.i. to travel by shunpike: »Besides making… …   Useful english dictionary

• shun — I verb abhor, abstain, avoid, back away, boycott, bypass, circumvent, cold shoulder, defugere, deliberately avoid, disregard, dodge, draw back, elude, escape, eschew, evade, give a wide berth to, have no part of, have nothing to do with, hide… …   Law dictionary

• shun — verb Shun is used with these nouns as the object: ↑limelight, ↑publicity, ↑spotlight …   Collocations dictionary

• shun — verb a) To avoid, especially persistently. b) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc) …   Wiktionary

• shun — verb (shuns, shunning, shunned) persistently avoid, ignore, or reject. Origin OE scunian abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy , of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

• shun — verb (T) to avoid someone or something deliberately: a shy woman who shunned publicity | Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• shun — verb he shunned publicity Syn: avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, keep one s distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with; snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold shoulder, ignore, look right… …   Thesaurus of popular words