verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of shun form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

abstainabstain fromavoidbalkbanbanish

Example

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"Tom's a loner who shuns close relationships."

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