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Meanings of
shun
in English
Catalan
exiliar
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Expel from a community or group.
ban
banish
blackball
ostracize
ostracise
cast out
Catalan
exiliar
Portuguese
renegar
Catalan
evitar
Spanish
rehuir
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To avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste.
eschew
Portuguese
renegar
Usage of
shun
in English
1
The festering euro zone debt crisis has spurred investors to
shun
risk.
2
District officials point out that many families in the area
shun
Dyett.
3
Israel and its allies
shun
Hamas for its refusal to renounce violence.
4
Thousands of miles have I flown to
shun
the hearing of it.
5
But its highly-educated locals largely
shun
the late hours and unglamorous work.
6
The Jarawa number barely 400 individuals who largely
shun
interaction with outsiders.
7
Western states accuse Mugabe of years of misrule and largely
shun
him.
8
And the carriers, thanks to consumer demand, can't
shun
Apple or Google.
9
He will
shun
the man who violates the secrets of the mysteries.
10
It is a record all chief executives of publicly-quoted companies should
shun
.
11
This would trigger a mandatory offer, which investors would likely
shun
again.
12
Even the police's indirect administration of executions made other officials
shun
them.
13
The history of his career shows it was wisdom to
shun
him.
14
To
shun
examination into the dangerous and disagreeable seems to me cowardly.
15
His hatred of sin did not cause him to
shun
the sinner.
16
Now genes are getting fingered for why some of us
shun
meat.
Other examples for "shun"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
shun
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
shun the light
shun evil
shun danger
shun death
shun modern
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Translations for
shun
Catalan
exiliar
desterrar
bandejar
evitar
fugir
esquivar
defugir
eludir
Portuguese
renegar
evitar
Spanish
rehuir
huir
eludir
Shun
through the time
Shun
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common