shun

[shun]

If you purposely stay away from someone, you shun that person. A sensitive baker may ask why you are shunning her cookies.

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To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

Verb
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

Verb
expel from a community or group


v. t.
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.


Shun

Shun , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.] To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Scarcity and want shall shun you.
Syn. -- See Avoid.

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

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Usage Examples

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.

Misspelled Form

shun, ashun, wshun, eshun, dshun, xshun, zshun, ahun, whun, ehun, dhun, xhun, zhun, sahun, swhun, sehun, sdhun, sxhun, szhun, sghun, syhun, suhun, sjhun, snhun, sgun, syun, suun, sjun, snun, shgun, shyun, shuun, shjun, shnun, shyun, sh7un, sh8un, shiun, shjun, shyn, sh7n, sh8n, shin, shjn, shuyn, shu7n, shu8n, shuin, shujn, shubn, shuhn, shujn, shumn, shu n, shub, shuh, shuj, shum, shu , shunb, shunh, shunj, shunm, shun .

Other Usage Examples

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.

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