Shun [verb]
Definition of Shun:
avoid, ignore
Synonyms of Shun:
● Despise
● Disdain
● Eschew
● Refuse
● Snub
● Reject
● Scorn
● Neglect
● Dodge
● Shy
● Cut
● Decline
● Shake
● Double
● Escape
● Bilk
● Evade
● Elude
● Stall
● Duck
● Ditch
● Shake off
● Palm off
● Pass up
● Cold-shoulder
● Get around
● Give a wide berth
● Give the runaround
● Have no part of
● Have nothing to do with
● Hide out
● Keep away from
● Keep clear of
● Stand aloof from
● Stay shy of
● Steer clear of
● Turn back on
Opposite/Antonyms of Shun:
● Take on
● Meet
● Face
● Encounter
● Allow
● Accept
● Approve
● Love
● Like
● Confront
● Sanction
● Cherish
● Admire
Sentence/Example of Shun:
Above all, shun the snares of women, for they are ever set for the foolish feet of the young.
I have been early taught to shun all allusion to his memory.
He had shunned her presence from the first: and she had grown now to shun him.
But for that end he must move through the living world—not shun it.
Should a woman you scarcely know try the trick on you—shun her.
I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me.
Is not the world God's world that you must shun it as if the Devil had fashioned it?
Ay—it is the way of truth to hurt, which is why, hating pain, we shun truth so often.
I would not only shun every evil, but every appearance of evil, or what might be construed into an appearance.
A gleam like laughter came into her eyes; nor did she shun his kindling gaze.