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- Dictionaryshun/SHən/
verb
- 1. persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution: "he shunned fashionable society"
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The meaning of SHUN is to avoid deliberately and especially habitually. How to use shun in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shun.
SHUN definition: 1. to avoid something: 2. to ignore someone and not speak to that person because you cannot accept…. Learn more.
to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. Synonyms: eschew, evade.
SHUN meaning: 1. to avoid something: 2. to ignore someone and not speak to that person because you cannot accept…. Learn more.
If you purposely stay away from someone, you shun that person. A sensitive baker may ask why you are shunning her cookies. Although the verb shun means to deliberately avoid anything, it has a specific meaning in certain groups and communities.
Definition of shun verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them.
verb (used with object), shunned, shun·ning. to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. Origin of shun
to avoid or ignore someone or something: He was shunned by colleagues and family alike. She has always shunned publicity. (Definition of shun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of shun. in Chinese (Traditional) 避開，避免, 躲避，迴避… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 避开，避免, 躲避，回避… See more. in Spanish.
If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them.
