Shunned [verb]
Definition of Shunned:
avoid, ignore
Synonyms of Shunned:
● 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 Shunned:
● Take on
● Meet
● Face
● Encounter
● Allow
● Accept
● Approve
● Love
● Like
● Confront
● Sanction
● Cherish
● Admire
Sentence/Example of Shunned:
In June the florist's shop is a poor place, sedulously to be shunned.
Hannah, as she moves up and down, is shunned as a person infected.
To keep faith with John and Milly, should I have shunned him?
He was puzzled, for people, while they shunned him, did not appear uncivil.
His manner to Vargrave was distant; he shunned all tete-a-tetes with his wife.
He had shunned her presence from the first: and she had grown now to shun him.
It made him morose and gloomy, a man of one idea, to be shunned.
Blatherwick's hour was on its way, slow-coming, but no longer to be shunned.
I shunned the society of my former companions of the same age.
He shunned the long walks which he had been wont to take before his illness.