shunning (verb)

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• 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

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• ostracize —    The verb used for the banning or shunning of someone derives from the Greek verb ostrakizein. This was used for the act of selecting someone for banishment by voting with potsherds or tiles that bore the name of the person proposed for this… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• shun — transitive verb (shunned; shunning) Etymology: Middle English shonen, shunnen, from Old English scunian Date: before 12th century to avoid deliberately and especially habitually < shuns publicity > Synonyms: see escape • shunner noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• disdain — I noun abhorrence, abjuration, abnegation, act of despising, act of discrediting, act of loathing, act of scorning, act of shunning, act of spurning, act of taunting, airs, arrogance, contempt, contemptio, contemptuousness, contumeliousness,… …   Law dictionary

• shun — [[t]ʃʌ̱n[/t]] shuns, shunning, shunned VERB If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them. [V n] From that time forward everybody shunned him... [V n] He has always shunned publicity... [V …   English dictionary