Shun

/ʃʌn/

Synonyms for "shun" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Verb(16 words)
eschewostracizeanathemiseavertedavoidavoid artavoid contactavoid legislative topicsavoid penaltiesavoidedavoidsbanbanishblackballblackballedboycotted
abstainabstain fromavoidbe stuck-upbilkboycott
Adjective(1 words)
antisocial growth
Noun(3 words)
avoid graphsboycottboycotting

Strong matches (38)

Verb(11 words)
bulliedcast outeschewedeschewingeschewsexcludeexcommunicatedignoreignore a friendignore a questionignore art
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give uphold aloofhold aloof fromhold back

Related words (64)

Noun(10 words)
ignore the dataignore valueignoring instructionsostracizingoutcastspeer isolationshyingsnubbingsteer clear of crowdswillful ignore
isolatekeep aloofkeep away fromkeep clear ofkeep fromkeep hands offkeep remote fromleave well enough alonelet alonelet go bylet well enough alonemake way fornever touchnot meddle withnot touchpass uprebuffrefrainrefrain fromrefuse
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rejectrenouncerun away fromscornshirkshouldershrink fromshysidestepsnubsparespurnstandstand aloofstand aloof fromstay detached fromsteersteer clear ofswearturn away fromwithhold
Adjective(1 words)

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Collocations

6 entries
cultural shunninginstitutional shunningpeer shunningpublic shunningself shunningsocial shunning

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Shun will take over my job while I'm away.

Source: tatoeba (247058)

Please don’t shun me because I have this gift.

Source: tatoeba (6112558)

"If yet he lives and looks upon the sun, / nor cruel death hath snatched him from the light, / no fear have we, nor need hast thou to shun / a Trojan guest, or rue kin offices begun."

Source: tatoeba (6796276)

"One alone, / Celaeno, sings of famine foul and dread, / a nameless prodigy, a plague unknown. / What perils first to shun? what path to tread, / to win deliverance from such toils?"

Source: tatoeba (7066039)

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