shun

shun

 (shŭn)

tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns

1. To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of: shun someone's advice; shun public recognition; shun fatty foods.

2. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with: "Oddly, by being one of the few players who spoke candidly about the business of baseball, he was often shunned by the business world itself" (David Grann).

3. To stay away from; not go to: "He shunned the elevator and started up the broad marble stairs" (Frederick Irving Anderson).

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[Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian, to abhor.]

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shun′ner n.

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shun

(ʃʌn)

vb, shuns, shunning or shunned

(tr) to avoid deliberately; keep away from

[Old English scunian, of obscure origin]

ˈshunnable adj

ˈshunner n

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shun

(ʃʌn)

v.t. shunned, shun•ning.

to keep away from; take pains to avoid.

[before 950; Old English scunian]

shun′na•ble, adj.

shun′ner, n.

Shun

(ʃun)

n.

See under Yao ¹.

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shun

Past participle: shunned
Gerund: shunning

Imperative

shun

shun

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of eschew avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
	2.	shun - expel from a community or group   banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, ban expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

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shun

verb avoid, steer clear of, keep away from, snub, evade, eschew, shy away from, brush off, cold-shoulder, have no part in, fight shy of, give (someone or something) a wide berth, body-swerve (Scot.), give (someone) the brush-off, keep your distance from From that time forward everybody shunned him.

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shun

verb

1. To keep away from:

avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around.

Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.

2. To slight (someone) deliberately:

cut, rebuff, snub, spurn.

Informal: coldshoulder.

Idioms: close the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on.

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Translations

يَتَجَنَّب

vyhýbat se

undgå

meiden

fuirrefuserrejeterrepousser

forîast

evitare

izvairītiesvairīties

sky som pesten

беречьсяизбегатьизбежатьостерегатьсясторониться

sakınmakuzak durmak

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shun

[ʃʌn] VT

1. (= reject) [+ person] → rechazar
to feel shunned by the world → sentirse rechazado por la gente

2. (= avoid) [+ work] → evitar; [+ publicity] → rehuir
to shun doing sth → evitar hacer algo

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shun

[ˈʃʌn] vt → éviter, fuir

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shun

vt → meiden; publicity, light → scheuen; to be shunned by the world → ausgestoßen sein

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shun

[ʃʌn] vt (person, work, publicity) → evitare, sfuggire; (obligation) → sottrarsi a

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shun

(ʃan) verb – past tense, past participle shunned –

to avoid or keep away from. vermy يَتَجَنَّب отбягвам evitar vyhýbat se meiden undgå αποφεύγω, κρατιέμαι σε απόσταση evitar, rehuir vältima دوري جستن از välttää fuir לְהִתרַחֵק से दूर रहना izbjegavati koga ili što, kloniti se čega (el)kerül (vkit, vmit) menghindari, menjauhkan diri dari forðast evitare, sfuggire 避ける 피하다, 멀리하다 vengti []vairīties menjauhi mijdenunngå, sky som pestenunikać ځان ليرى ساتل evitar a evita, a se feri избегать vyhýbať sa izogibati se izbegavati sky, undvika หลบเลี่ยง sakınmak, uzak durmak 避開 уникати, остерігатися گریز کرنا، محترز ہونا tránh, xa lánh 避开

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