shun
IPA: ʃˈʌn
verb
- (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
- (transitive) To screen, hide.
- (transitive) To shove, push.
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Examples of "shun" in Sentences
- Did anybody notice Palin shun Fey at the end of the show?
- Shunning is a non-action -- to shun is to avoid, not to interact.
- However, Paladino was not the party leader's choice and he, too, will learn first hand what the word 'shun' means.
- The thing I like about this list of records-to-shun is that it avoids the obvious targets (Manilow, Kenny G) and goes after worshipped bands like Nirvana and Green Day.
- Most significantly, of course, Bishop's poem supplies the missing moral of Wordsworth's tale of a rural village's deliberate "shun" - ning of the outcast woman's loss and pain: "Love should be put into action!"
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