What is another word for shun?
1838 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈʌn], [ ʃˈʌn], [ ʃ_ˈʌ_n]
The word "shun" means to avoid, deny, or reject someone or something completely, generally due to dislike or disapproval. Its synonyms include words like avoid, elude, repudiate, reject, ostracize, snub, evade, ignore, isolate, and spurn. Each of these words conveys a different aspect of the act of shunning, but all essentially mean to distance oneself from someone or something that is unwanted or unaccepted. Whether in personal relationships or professional settings, shunning can have significant consequences, and it is important to understand its nuances when communicating with others. By expanding one's vocabulary, individuals can better convey their thoughts and feelings, and avoid misunderstandings or hurt feelings.
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Similar words for shun:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- ban (noun)
- banish (noun)
- blackball (noun)
- dodge (noun)
- abstain (verb)
- avoid (verb)
- avoid, ignore (verb)
- beware (verb)
- circumvent (verb)
- despise (verb)
- dislike (verb)
- duck (verb)
- elude (verb)
- escape (verb)
- eschew (verb)
- evade (verb)
- fear (verb)
- flinch (verb)
- forbear (verb)
- get out (verb)
- give the cold shoulder (verb)
- hate (verb)
- lam (verb)
- mislike (verb)
- ostracize (verb)
- parry (verb)
- reject (verb)
- scorn (verb)
- shirk (verb)
- snub (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- beware
- dislike
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fear
- flinch
- get out
- hate
- lam
- other relevant words
- refuse
- reject
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shun:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- duck out of,
- wriggle out of (doing) something,
- stay out of,
- get out of,
- flinch from (doing) something.
- ban.
v.
• abstain (verb)- sat hands,
- sat fence,
- sits on one hands,
- sate on the fence,
- sat on fence,
- giving go by,
- passes up,
- going wagon,
- sate hands,
- went wagon,
- sate on one hands,
- taking pledge,
- sate on ones hands,
- fence-sits,
- sat one hands,
- sitting the fence,
- de clines,
- denied oneself,
- sat the fence,
- goes on wagon,
- fence sat,
- taking the pledge,
- fence sit,
- sate fence,
- sits fence,
- sitting fence,
- sate one hands,
- sits one's hands,
- sate on hands,
- sit on one hands,
- passing up,
- gives the go by,
- sitting hands,
- sitting one's hands,
- sitting out,
- sits ones hands,
- sit ones hands,
- sitting on fence,
- keeping from,
- sits the fence,
- de cline,
- with-holds,
- go on wagon,
- sat on ones hands,
- go wagon,
- sat one's hands,
- goes on the wagon,
- sits on the fence,
- denies oneself,
- fencesits,
- took pledge,
- takes pledge,
- took cure,
- with-hold,
- fence-sat,
- fence sits,
- sits hands,
- with held,
- sits on hands,
- going on wagon,
- going on the wagon,
- sat on the fence,
- sat on one's hands,
- sate one's hands,
- de-clines,
- sit fence,
- take pledge,
- sate on fence,
- sate the fence,
- takes the pledge,
- gave the go by,
- sat on one hands,
- denying oneself,
- gives go by,
- sits one hands,
- sit the fence,
- with holding,
- sit on ones hands,
- goes wagon,
- with holds,
- fencesitting,
- sit one hands,
- sitting on the fence,
- sitting one hands,
- gave go by,
- sat ones hands,
- fencesit,
- sat on hands,
- take cure,
- sits on fence,
- goes the wagon,
- went on wagon,
- went on the wagon,
- fencesat,
- sitting ones hands,
- sate on one's hands,
- taking cure,
- go the wagon,
- takes cure,
- with hold,
- went the wagon,
- de-cline,
- sit one's hands,
- keeps from,
- sitting on ones hands,
- sits on ones hands,
- sate out,
- sits out,
- giving the go by,
- going the wagon,
- with-held,
- give go by,
- sitting on one hands,
- takes the cure,
- took the cure,
- fence sitting,
- sit hands,
- sit on hands,
- sate ones hands,
- sitting on one's hands,
- sits on one's hands,
- sitting on hands,
- kept from.
- neglect,
- stall,
- ditch,
- keep away from,
- palm off,
- shy,
- shake,
- hide out,
- double,
- have no part of,
- keep clear of,
- have nothing to do with,
- give a wide berth,
- stand aloof from,
- bilk,
- disdain.
- keeps distance,
- walking eggs,
- minded p q,
- be-wares,
- be wared,
- was cautious,
- keeping one's toes,
- keep on toes,
- mind p q,
- kept one toes,
- minds p and q,
- was wary,
- guards against,
- wast cautious,
- keep on ones toes,
- keeping on toes,
- takes care,
- watch ones step,
- watch step,
- minds p's and q's,
- keep toes,
- being cautious,
- watching step,
- keep one distance,
- keeps on toes,
- keeps ones distance,
- mind p's q's,
- are wary,
- keeps toes,
- keeping ones toes,
- kept on ones toes,
- keeping ones distance,
- minding p and q,
- minds p's q's,
- kept toes,
- takes heed,
- be ware,
- refraining from,
- keeps on one toes,
- kept ones distance,
- keeping on ones toes,
- keep on one toes,
- am cautious,
- art cautious,
- mind ps and qs,
- keep one toes,
- watched one step,
- keeping eyes open,
- walk eggs,
- kept one distance,
- kept one's distance,
- minding p's q's,
- keeping distance,
- minding p q,
- kept on one's toes,
- keep ones toes,
- keeps on ones toes,
- watches step,
- am wary,
- keeps one's toes,
- is cautious,
- keeps ones toes,
- minded p's q's,
- refrained from,
- wert wary,
- keep one's toes,
- being wary,
- watch one step,
- kept ones toes,
- keeping one toes,
- mind ps qs,
- took care,
- kept eyes open,
- were cautious,
- watching ones step,
- is wary,
- refrains from,
- art wary,
- walks on eggs,
- keeps one toes,
- were wary,
- kept on toes,
- keep ones distance,
- keeping toes,
- keeps eyes open,
- wast wary,
- took heed,
- watches one step,
- minded ps qs,
- kept one's toes,
- be-ware,
- guarding against,
- guarded against,
- watches ones step,
- watched step,
- watched ones step,
- watched out,
- walked eggs,
- keeping one distance,
- minds ps and qs,
- be-waring,
- keeps on one's toes,
- keeps one's distance,
- be-wared,
- minded p's and q's,
- kept on one toes,
- keeping one's distance,
- keeping on one toes,
- walked on eggs,
- watched one's step,
- walks eggs,
- minding ps qs,
- watches out,
- minded p and q,
- be waring,
- kept distance,
- watching one step,
- wert cautious,
- minding ps and qs,
- be wares,
- mind p and q,
- keeps one distance,
- watches one's step,
- minds ps qs,
- are cautious,
- minded ps and qs,
- minds p q.
- dis-appointed,
- out flanking,
- over reaches,
- out-flanks,
- out wits,
- out witted,
- gat around,
- out-wit,
- pre vent,
- dis-appoint,
- dis-appointing,
- over-reaches,
- de toured,
- dis appointed,
- out-flank,
- out-witted,
- over reach,
- pre-vented,
- out witting,
- pre-vents,
- dis appoints,
- gotten around,
- out-flanked,
- pre venting,
- dis appointing,
- de-toured,
- gets around,
- be-guiles,
- out flanks,
- out-witting,
- out-flanking,
- pre vents,
- over-reached,
- out flank,
- de tour,
- de-tours,
- de tours,
- de touring,
- dis appoint,
- de-tour,
- pre-venting,
- be guile,
- de-touring,
- out-wits,
- out flanked,
- be-guile,
- got around,
- over reaching,
- over-reaching,
- over-reach,
- dis-appoints,
- over reached,
- pre-vent,
- be guiles.
- dis-regard,
- mis prizes,
- dis regarded,
- mis prized,
- mis-prize,
- under-valuing,
- de testing,
- under valuing,
- under-value,
- de-testing,
- dis-regarded,
- under value,
- allergics to,
- misprizes,
- allergicked to,
- de-riding,
- dis regard,
- de-rides,
- looked down nose at,
- de-ride,
- dis regards,
- hast no use for,
- mis prizing,
- re-vile,
- looking down nose at,
- hath no use for,
- dis regarding,
- de-tested,
- had no use for,
- under valued,
- has no use for,
- feels contempt for,
- mis prize,
- under-values,
- re vile,
- de rides,
- under-valued,
- de tested,
- mis-prized,
- haddest no use for,
- looks down nose at,
- under values,
- hadst no use for,
- de ride,
- dis-regards,
- allergicking to,
- mis-prizes,
- feeling contempt for,
- felt contempt for,
- mis-prizing,
- de riding,
- dis-regarding.
- dis approve,
- made faces at,
- hadst no taste for,
- haddest no stomach for,
- re-sents,
- am turned off to,
- hast hard feelings,
- were allergic to,
- lost interest in,
- loses interest in,
- are turned to,
- dis-favoring,
- bears malice toward,
- dis-esteeming,
- bearing malice toward,
- be turned to,
- grosseds out on,
- having no taste for,
- dis approving,
- bore malice toward,
- dis liking,
- hadst no stomach for,
- antipathized,
- being averse to,
- being turned off to,
- dis-esteem,
- art turned off to,
- hast no taste for,
- dis relished,
- dis-favors,
- dis approved,
- are turned off to,
- being turned to,
- were averse to,
- not endured,
- dis relishes,
- am allergic to,
- bare malice toward,
- hadst hard feelings,
- dis-liked,
- dis esteems,
- had hard feelings,
- are averse to,
- dis-favored,
- had no stomach for,
- dis-esteems,
- hath no stomach for,
- grossedded out on,
- haddest no taste for,
- hath no taste for,
- wast turned to,
- dis esteem,
- was allergic to,
- had no taste for,
- dis-relish,
- antipathizing,
- makes faces at,
- re sents,
- were turned to,
- art allergic to,
- haddest hard feelings,
- am turned to,
- dis-liking,
- not appreciates,
- dis-favor,
- dis-relishing,
- shudders at,
- objects to,
- dis relish,
- not appreciated,
- re-sent,
- not enduring,
- dis favors,
- dis-relished,
- being allergic to,
- dis favor,
- is averse to,
- wert allergic to,
- dis-relishes,
- objecting to,
- was averse to,
- was turned to,
- not feel liking,
- dis approves,
- dis-esteemed,
- dis-approving,
- re sent,
- art averse to,
- having hard feelings,
- am averse to,
- were turned off to,
- wast turned off to,
- making faces at,
- not feel likes,
- dis favored,
- shuddering at,
- hath hard feelings,
- is turned off to,
- has no taste for,
- objected to,
- wast averse to,
- dis relishing,
- is allergic to,
- not feel liked,
- was turned off to,
- dis-approve,
- wast allergic to,
- having no stomach for,
- dis esteeming,
- dis favoring,
- dis esteemed,
- antipathizes,
- losing interest in,
- art turned to,
- are allergic to,
- grossedding out on,
- beared malice toward,
- has hard feelings,
- dis-approves,
- dis liked,
- has no stomach for,
- not endures,
- wert averse to,
- wert turned to,
- hast no stomach for,
- shuddered at,
- not appreciating,
- looked down on,
- wert turned off to,
- is turned to,
- dis-approved.
- moving side,
- moving to side,
- sub merging,
- sub merges,
- sub-merging,
- moved side,
- sub merge,
- sub-merge,
- sub-merges,
- moves side,
- moved to side,
- sub-merged,
- moves to side,
- move side.
- gives the runaround,
- gives wide berth to,
- were beyond someone,
- am beyond someone,
- beats around the bush,
- runs around,
- are beyond someone,
- giving the runaround,
- stayed shy of,
- giving runaround,
- give runaround,
- gives runaround,
- being beyond someone,
- beats around bush,
- not touches,
- out runs,
- is beyond someone,
- out-running,
- running around,
- out-runs,
- out-run,
- out run,
- not touched,
- was beyond someone,
- out running,
- gat away from,
- gotten away from,
- stays shy of,
- gave wide berth to,
- gave the runaround,
- giving wide berth to,
- staying shy of,
- staid shy of,
- beating around bush,
- ran around,
- gave runaround,
- wast beyond someone,
- pass buck,
- hem haw,
- art beyond someone,
- wert beyond someone.
- flew coop,
- went scot-free,
- cut run,
- de sert,
- take powder,
- took a powder,
- stole away,
- dis-appeared,
- getting away with,
- de-camps,
- dis appearing,
- makes oneself scarce,
- ducked out,
- dis-appearing,
- dis-appears,
- de parting,
- cuts run,
- de-parted,
- bursted out,
- cuts and run,
- flies the coop,
- de camps,
- plays hooky,
- makes scarce,
- working out of,
- made scarce,
- goes scot-free,
- de-parts,
- slipt away,
- de parts,
- de-part,
- taking the lam,
- flying the coop,
- dis appeared,
- gat away with,
- de-camped,
- takes a powder,
- went scot free,
- going scot free,
- wriggles out,
- de parted,
- wriggling out,
- cutting run,
- gotten away with,
- ducking out,
- taking a powder,
- takes on lam,
- slipped away,
- ran out on,
- take lam,
- making scarce,
- dis-appear,
- worked out of,
- made oneself scarce,
- de-camp,
- got away with,
- de part,
- dis appears,
- de-parting,
- ducks out,
- took lam,
- stealing away,
- makes getaway,
- wriggled out,
- gets away with,
- taking on lam,
- runs out on,
- take the lam,
- take on lam,
- de-camping,
- wrought out of,
- taking on the lam,
- flies coop,
- making oneself scarce,
- took on the lam,
- takes the lam,
- making getaway,
- dis appear,
- took powder,
- steals away,
- de camping,
- goes scotfree,
- takes flight,
- de camp,
- flying coop,
- went scotfree,
- de-sert,
- taking powder,
- took the lam,
- going scotfree,
- took on lam,
- de camped,
- cutting and run,
- takes powder,
- made getaway,
- fly coop,
- goes scot free,
- works out of,
- takes on the lam,
- going scot-free,
- go scotfree,
- taking lam,
- takes lam,
- slips away,
- played hooky.
- hath no truck with,
- letting well enough alone,
- hadst no truck with,
- shies away from,
- having no truck with,
- letted well enough alone,
- lets well enough alone,
- hast no truck with,
- has no truck with,
- swears off,
- sware off,
- shied away from,
- shying away from,
- swore off,
- had no truck with,
- haddest no truck with.
- sneaked away,
- pre-tends,
- leading a merry chase,
- leads a merry chase,
- led a merry chase,
- pre tend,
- pre tending,
- slipped out,
- slipt out,
- pre tends,
- leads merry chase,
- sneaks away,
- begged question,
- pre-tending,
- led on merry chase,
- lead on merry chase,
- led on a merry chase,
- slipping out,
- begs the question,
- leads on a merry chase,
- slips out,
- begs question,
- begged the question,
- begging question,
- leading on merry chase,
- snuck away,
- sneaking away,
- pre-tended,
- leading on a merry chase,
- led merry chase,
- beg question,
- lead a merry chase,
- leads on merry chase,
- leading merry chase,
- lead merry chase.
- breaking out sweat,
- broke out sweat,
- being disquieted,
- brake out sweat,
- are awe,
- fore seen,
- am anxious,
- breaks out in sweat,
- hadst qualms,
- am disquieted,
- break out a sweat,
- hath qualms,
- being anxious,
- breaking out in a sweat,
- has butterflies,
- durst not,
- was anxious,
- having qualms,
- dared not,
- fore-sees,
- were awe,
- art anxious,
- are afraid,
- was afraid,
- brake out a sweat,
- having butterflies,
- was apprehensive,
- fore-see,
- is in awe,
- were in awe,
- fore seeing,
- were frightened,
- breaking out a sweat,
- had butterflies,
- being awe,
- breaks out sweat,
- hast qualms,
- dares not,
- broke out a sweat,
- wert in awe,
- are disquieted,
- art apprehensive,
- feeling concern,
- haddest qualms,
- wast awe,
- break out in sweat,
- fore-saw,
- fore saw,
- breaks out a sweat,
- am afraid,
- is apprehensive,
- were afraid,
- am awe,
- had qualms,
- lost courage,
- is awe,
- was awe,
- brake out in a sweat,
- hath butterflies,
- losing courage,
- was disquieted,
- wast apprehensive,
- breaks out in a sweat,
- is anxious,
- are anxious,
- wast anxious,
- art frightened,
- be awe,
- wast in awe,
- is disquieted,
- break out sweat,
- are apprehensive,
- am apprehensive,
- felt concern,
- wast afraid,
- has qualms,
- being afraid,
- wert anxious,
- was frightened,
- wert disquieted,
- daring not,
- are in awe,
- haddest butterflies,
- wert afraid,
- being frightened,
- fore see,
- wert frightened,
- were apprehensive,
- fore sees,
- are frightened,
- loses courage,
- broke out in sweat,
- fore-seen,
- wast disquieted,
- were disquieted,
- hadst butterflies,
- wert awe,
- brake out in sweat,
- feels concern,
- was in awe,
- being in awe,
- is frightened,
- wast frightened,
- broke out in a sweat,
- am in awe,
- being apprehensive,
- art awe,
- art afraid,
- were anxious,
- wert apprehensive,
- art in awe,
- breaking out in sweat,
- hast butterflies.
- re treating,
- re-tiring,
- re-ceded,
- re treats,
- re tires,
- re-tire,
- re-ceding,
- re-cedes,
- re tiring,
- re cedes,
- re tired,
- re-cede,
- re-treating,
- re-treats,
- re ceding,
- re-treated,
- re-treat,
- re tire.
- re strained,
- going easy,
- went easy,
- re-strains,
- re strains,
- re-straining,
- re-strained,
- goes easy,
- re straining,
- re strain,
- re-strain.
- extricates oneself,
- taking hike,
- frees oneself,
- was off,
- buzzed off,
- extricated oneself,
- is off,
- extricating oneself,
- were off,
- made tracks,
- being off,
- buzzing off,
- takes a hike,
- wert off,
- taking a hike,
- freeing oneself,
- takes hike,
- making tracks,
- am off,
- buzzes off,
- took hike,
- took a hike,
- makes tracks,
- take hike,
- freed oneself,
- be-gone,
- wast off.
- turned up one's nose,
- turn nose,
- turned ones nose,
- turns up ones nose,
- turn one nose,
- up stage,
- turns up nose,
- turning up one's nose,
- turning nose,
- turning up one nose,
- turning ones nose,
- making unwelcome,
- turn up nose,
- turning up ones nose,
- acts cool,
- up-staging,
- turns ones nose,
- turned up nose,
- turns one's nose,
- give cold shoulder,
- turn up ones nose,
- made unwelcome,
- acting cool,
- turned up one nose,
- up-stages,
- turns up one nose,
- turn one's nose,
- turned one nose,
- up stages,
- up staged,
- turns up one's nose,
- turn ones nose,
- turns nose,
- up-staged,
- turned one's nose,
- up staging,
- turning one's nose,
- turns one nose,
- acted cool,
- turned up ones nose,
- turning one nose,
- turn up one nose,
- up-stage,
- turned nose,
- makes unwelcome,
- turning up nose.
- can't stands,
- spit up on,
- hadst enough of,
- beared grudge against,
- spat upon,
- wast loath,
- spits up on,
- recoiling from,
- wert sick of,
- am loath,
- spitted up on,
- bare grudge against,
- downs on,
- am hostile to,
- spits upon,
- hath enough of,
- am disgusted with,
- is reluctant,
- hast an aversion to,
- were loath,
- was repelled by,
- feels malice to,
- downing on,
- am sorry,
- wast hostile to,
- am sick of,
- bears grudge against,
- art repelled by,
- spitted upon,
- is loath,
- were repelled by,
- being hostile to,
- was reluctant,
- bore a grudge against,
- hast enough of,
- are sick of,
- am repelled by,
- wast disgusted with,
- cant standing,
- cant stand,
- being sick of,
- has enough of,
- downed on,
- are reluctant,
- being sorry,
- beared a grudge against,
- are hostile to,
- recoiled from,
- art hostile to,
- had an aversion to,
- wast sick of,
- were reluctant,
- wert hostile to,
- bears a grudge against,
- is sorry,
- bearing grudge against,
- being reluctant,
- am reluctant,
- hath an aversion to,
- cant stands,
- having aversion to,
- are loath,
- are sorry,
- bare a grudge against,
- being repelled by,
- are repelled by,
- spitting upon,
- is disgusted with,
- were sorry,
- art sorry,
- having an aversion to,
- was sorry,
- is repelled by,
- were disgusted with,
- wast repelled by,
- was loath,
- has an aversion to,
- being loath,
- is hostile to,
- was sick of,
- had enough of,
- hast aversion to,
- art loath,
- haddest enough of,
- wert loath,
- hadst an aversion to,
- cant stood,
- felt malice to,
- wast reluctant,
- wert reluctant,
- being disgusted with,
- feeling malice to,
- were sick of,
- hadst aversion to,
- had aversion to,
- has aversion to,
- art reluctant,
- spitting up on,
- was hostile to,
- were hostile to,
- haddest aversion to,
- wast sorry,
- wert disgusted with,
- can't stood,
- recoils from,
- was disgusted with,
- bear grudge against,
- having enough of,
- bore grudge against,
- are disgusted with,
- art sick of,
- wert repelled by,
- haddest an aversion to,
- wert sorry,
- can't standing,
- is sick of,
- hath aversion to,
- spat up on,
- bearing a grudge against.
- making a getaway,
- taking it on lam,
- gave someone the slip,
- took it on lam,
- gives someone slip,
- taking it on the lam,
- giving someone the slip,
- gat away,
- taking it lam,
- takes it the lam,
- takes it on lam,
- gave someone slip,
- makes a getaway,
- taking it the lam,
- takes it on the lam,
- take it the lam,
- takes it lam,
- giving someone slip,
- gives someone the slip,
- took it the lam,
- take it lam,
- took it on the lam,
- took it lam,
- take it on lam,
- give someone slip,
- made a getaway.
- ex-communicates,
- cold shouldered,
- ex patriating,
- ex-patriate,
- dis placing,
- ex communicate,
- cold shouldering,
- ex patriate,
- dis-placing,
- dis-places,
- dis-place,
- ex-patriating,
- leaving in cold,
- ex patriates,
- de-porting,
- dis place,
- expulses,
- ex-communicating,
- leaving cold,
- ex patriated,
- leaved in cold,
- ex-pulses,
- dis placed,
- leaves the cold,
- leaved cold,
- ex-communicate,
- de ported,
- ex pulsed,
- ex communicates,
- leaves in cold,
- dis places,
- ex pulse,
- ex-pulsed,
- left in cold,
- leaved the cold,
- coldshouldered,
- leave the cold,
- ex communicated,
- ex-pulsing,
- ex communicating,
- de-ported,
- leaves in the cold,
- leaving in the cold,
- leave in cold,
- casts out,
- dis-placed,
- ex-pulse,
- left cold,
- leaved in the cold,
- coldshouldering,
- ex pulsing,
- ex pulses,
- leaving the cold,
- expulsing,
- ex-patriated,
- leave cold,
- left the cold,
- ex-communicated,
- leaves cold,
- de porting,
- coldshoulders,
- expulsed,
- ex-patriates.
- re pulses,
- re-buffing,
- hold bay,
- holds at bay,
- fore-stalls,
- re-buffs,
- re buffs,
- re pulsing,
- fore stalled,
- re buff,
- re buffed,
- re pulsed,
- fore-stalled,
- fore stalling,
- fore-stalling,
- fore stall,
- re-pulses,
- fore stalls,
- re-pulsed,
- held at bay,
- re-pulsing,
- holding bay,
- fore-stall,
- holding at bay,
- re buffing,
- re-buffed,
- holds bay,
- held bay.
- casting aside,
- dis credits,
- dis-credits,
- dis-cards,
- dis carded,
- dis credit,
- dis-believing,
- dis-carding,
- dis believing,
- dis-credited,
- dis-missed,
- dis-missing,
- casts aside,
- dis counted,
- dis-counted,
- dis believed,
- dis missed,
- dis-card,
- dis-credit,
- dis crediting,
- dis counting,
- dis missing,
- dis-counts,
- dis cards,
- dis believes,
- dis carding,
- dis counts,
- dis card,
- dis-crediting,
- dis credited,
- dis-carded,
- shooting down,
- dis-counting,
- shoots down,
- dis-believe,
- dis-believed,
- dis-believes,
- dis believe.
- is above,
- turning nose up at,
- are above,
- wert above,
- turns nose at,
- was above,
- considering beneath one,
- art above,
- turned nose up at,
- considered beneath one,
- scoffing at,
- considers beneath one,
- scoffs at,
- being above,
- turning nose at,
- turn nose at,
- wast above,
- turned nose at,
- turns nose up at,
- am above,
- were above.
- lied down job,
- lay down on job,
- sloughing off,
- sloughed off,
- lies down job,
- lying down on job,
- lying down job,
- lay down job,
- lied down on job,
- lie down job,
- lies down on job.
- looked coldly up on,
- cuts dead,
- gave the brush,
- putting chill on,
- looking right through,
- looking coldly up on,
- looking coldly upon,
- looked coldly upon,
- icing out,
- look coldly up on,
- gives the brush,
- looks coldly up on,
- give brush,
- iced out,
- ices out,
- gave brush,
- looked right through,
- putting the chill on,
- puts the chill on,
- looks right through,
- giving brush,
- gives brush,
- looks coldly upon,
- not give time day,
- snobbed,
- cutting dead,
- puts chill on,
- snobbing,
- giving the brush.
Other synonyms:
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- stand up.
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- cut.
- shies,
- turned aside,
- ward off,
- hold off,
- skipped town,
- stay away,
- fending off,
- By-pass,
- Shied,
- lay low,
- circumlocute,
- steer clear of,
- skip out on,
- Withdrew,
- shrink from,
- shakes off,
- turning aside,
- laid low,
- run for cover,
- shake off,
- turn aside,
- by-passing,
- skip town,
- shuffle off,
- faked out,
- by-passed,
- step aside,
- steering clear of,
- keep clear,
- by-passes,
- shake and bake,
- give the slip,
- stepped aside,
- fake out,
- stay out,
- Shying.
- refrain from,
- be wary,
- walking on eggs,
- minding p's and q's,
- keep on one's toes,
- keep one's distance,
- take care,
- keep eyes open,
- taking care,
- taking heed,
- keeping on one's toes,
- watch out,
- watching out,
- take heed,
- mind p's and q's,
- watch one's step,
- be cautious,
- watching one's step,
- guard against,
- walk on eggs.
- not care for,
- not take kindly to,
- Mislike,
- be turned off to,
- bear malice toward,
- Disfavoring,
- have no stomach for,
- make faces at,
- Regretted,
- object to,
- Antipathize,
- have hard feelings,
- not endure,
- shudder at,
- not appreciate,
- Disfavored,
- be allergic to,
- have no taste for,
- grossed out on,
- be averse to,
- lose interest in,
- not feel like.
- burst out,
- get away with,
- taking flight,
- make getaway,
- steal away,
- ran off,
- bursts out,
- go scot-free,
- running away,
- runs away,
- took flight,
- work out of,
- get out,
- Escaping,
- make oneself scarce,
- run away,
- duck out,
- flew the coop,
- ran away,
- runs off,
- fly the coop,
- run out on,
- playing hooky,
- take flight,
- run off,
- take a powder,
- play hooky,
- slip away,
- take on the lam,
- running off,
- go scot free,
- wriggle out,
- make scarce,
- slipping away,
- running out on,
- cut and run,
- bursting out,
- lam.
- shy away from,
- have no truck with,
- swearing off,
- forswear,
- swear off,
- Forsworn,
- let well enough alone.
- be apprehensive,
- break out in a sweat,
- Feared,
- Fearing,
- be frightened,
- have butterflies,
- feel concern,
- dare not,
- be disquieted,
- is afraid,
- be in awe,
- lose courage,
- be anxious,
- be afraid,
- have qualms.
- kited,
- make tracks,
- buzz off,
- kite,
- be gone,
- egressing,
- egressed,
- take a hike,
- kiting,
- free oneself,
- be off,
- vamoose,
- KITES,
- exited,
- extricate oneself.
- be disgusted with,
- feel malice to,
- be repelled by,
- be hostile to,
- be sorry,
- can't stand,
- bear a grudge against,
- be sick of,
- recoil from,
- hated,
- be reluctant,
- be loath,
- have enough of,
- spit upon,
- Hates,
- have aversion to,
- have an aversion to,
- down on.
- getting away,
- take it on the lam,
- gotten away,
- gets away,
- give someone the slip,
- make a getaway,
- got away,
- get away.
- Forgone,
- coldshoulder,
- pussyfoot,
- got away from,
- hoodwinked,
- withheld,
- beating around the bush,
- misprizing,
- Misprize,
- Bummed,
- give the cold shoulder,
- sit out,
- give the go by,
- pass up,
- be above,
- cold-shouldered,
- queered,
- not touch,
- give the brush,
- fence-sitting,
- outwitting,
- begging the question,
- give up,
- getting away from,
- Parried,
- fencing,
- give the runaround,
- duck,
- have no use for,
- beware,
- feel contempt for,
- having no use for,
- passed up,
- sloughs off,
- lurching,
- beg the question,
- look coldly upon,
- Snaked,
- stay shy of,
- scoff at,
- run around,
- Burring,
- slinks,
- Expulse,
- hate,
- queers,
- left in the cold,
- hold at bay,
- misprized,
- lurch,
- beat around bush,
- cold-shoulders,
- not touching,
- abstain,
- parry,
- loathe,
- slough off,
- get away from,
- fence-sit,
- forgoing,
- snub,
- lie down on job,
- queering,
- not give time of day,
- cold-shouldering,
- taking the cure,
- gets away from,
- sit on the fence,
- consider beneath one,
- put the chill on,
- keep distance,
- flinch,
- detoured,
- turn up one's nose,
- put chill on,
- Trashed,
- sat out,
- give wide berth to,
- Forbore,
- scorn,
- Paused,
- Slank,
- look right through,
- elude,
- be beyond someone,
- starve,
- dislike,
- iced,
- sneak away,
- get around,
- fear,
- reject,
- undervalued,
- take the pledge,
- out wit,
- ostracize,
- burred,
- deny oneself,
- move to side,
- evade,
- turn back on,
- leave in the cold,
- allergic to,
- detouring,
- Entrapped,
- lead on a merry chase,
- slip out,
- take the cure,
- withhold,
- cut dead,
- scoffed at,
- despise,
- sit on fence,
- escape,
- starves,
- sit on one's hands,
- spurn,
- Bumming,
- circumvent,
- goldbrick,
- casting out,
- getting around,
- forbear,
- turn nose up at,
- shirk,
- keep from,
- make unwelcome,
- cast out,
- took the pledge,
- Snaking,
- withholds,
- ensnared,
- go easy,
- go on the wagon,
- eschew,
- cold-shoulder,
- En Garde,
- ice out,
- look down nose at,
- refuse,
- act cool,
- beat around the bush.
- not buy,
- not care to,
- turn away,
- turns away,
- refuse to receive,
- turn deaf ear to,
- Reprobating,
- turning away,
- not budge,
- Reprobated,
- setting aside,
- send off,
- give thumbs down to,
- Refusing,
- not budget,
- make excuses,
- turned away,
- nixing,
- send regrets,
- beg off,
- turned back on.
- equivocation,
- cede,
- balk,
- sequester,
- negative,
- abnegation,
- desist,
- grave,
- vote against,
- disown,
- dispose,
- turn away from,
- distribute,
- obviate,
- welfare,
- make faces,
- deport,
- eliminate,
- put away,
- rejection,
- take evasive action,
- dodger,
- desert,
- barren,
- go without,
- separate,
- hold back,
- abstinence,
- debar,
- stand aloof,
- skulker,
- cool,
- slight,
- sacrifice,
- toss,
- detach,
- waive,
- comply with,
- censor,
- detest,
- steer,
- forgo,
- elope,
- empty,
- flee from,
- expel,
- leak out,
- embargo,
- excommunicate,
- throw over,
- escape from,
- give someone the go-by,
- leave out,
- pass by,
- remote,
- transport,
- fling,
- withdraw,
- distant,
- fight shy of,
- toss away,
- refrain,
- exile,
- denial,
- important,
- renunciation,
- gold brick,
- scape,
- pass over,
- quarantine,
- pooh-pooh,
- abstain from,
- happiness,
- repudiate,
- evasion,
- renounce,
- prohibit,
- keep off,
- forsake,
- subterfuge,
- cast aside,
- hold aloof from,
- withdraw from,
- contemn,
- abjure,
- obviation,
- segregate,
- blacklist,
- take cover,
- dash off,
- stand,
- elusion,
- keep away,
- dismiss,
- decamp,
- omit,
- affluence,
- throw away,
- jealous,
- aloof,
- send to Coventry,
- demote,
- brush aside,
- throw out,
- keep aloof,
- relegate,
- turn down,
- spare,
- abhor,
- bar,
- intense,
- wealth,
- fly,
- turn one's back on,
- give someone the cold shoulder,
- freeze out,
- skirt,
- close the door on,
- boycott,
- drive away,
- success,
- veto,
- let go by,
- stave off,
- do without,
- go off,
- turn thumbs down,
- break,
- skive,
- Parries,
- eject,
- disregard,
- oppose,
- surrender,
- look askance at,
- covetous,
- hold aloof,
- prosperity,
- dodging,
- shoulder,
- heavy,
- swear,
- refute,
- shut out,
- ostracise,
- give a wide berth to,
- void,
- flout,
- deny,
- distrustful,
- toss out,
- cloister,
- chuck out,
- evasiveness,
- prevent,
- exclude,
- vain,
- hollow,
- maroon,
- run from,
- avoidance,
- be stuck-up,
- prevarication,
- cast away,
- disavow,
- bottomless,
- invalid,
- bare,
- excuse,
- avoid deliberately,
- vacuous,
- detached,
- isolate,
- abandon,
- in accordance with,
- nauseate,
- disallow,
- profound,
- be bad,
- eluding,
- give place to,
- turn from,
- negation,
- flee,
- leave alone,
- discard,
- abominate,
- envious.
How to use "Shun" in context?
Introduction
shun is a word which is used in a number of different contexts, all of which have a negative meaning. In its simplest form, shun means to avoid. When you shun someone, you avoid them, either physically or socially. When you shun something, you reject it completely, usually because you find it unpleasant or dangerous.
When used in a negative sense, shun often has a feeling of conflict or hostility. It can be used to describe the attitude you take when you avoid someone or something, or the way you look at them. In some cases, shun can mean to exile or banish.
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
anshun.
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Homophones for Shun:
- sikhism, scene, shaggymane, semi, sion, siskin, Sunna, scission, summon, somme, sign, synonym, schwann, scan, soigne, sene, szechuan, sashimi, shoo-in, secession, saginaw, somehow, same, sachsen, schism, sauna, sea mew, segno, scummy, sexism, sonny, shoshone, saman, seam, simoon, sison, shan, susian, scheme, swami, succussion, shoshoni, Sunnah, simony, sicken, susquehanna, seaman, sow in, shawn, sana, snowman, shina, shoshonian, saxony, skein, session, sechuana, syzygium, sawan, shawm, Shah Jahan, saigon, sign on, sign away, smew, succession, sisham, sezession, sium, sima, sheen, sixsome, shannon, sown, swan, saxon, sine, shanny, scion, schumann, someone, someway, schema, sawm, seyhan, Sana'a, shim, shinny, skim, sheeny, scam, sen, szechwan, sinai, sam, son, shoeshine, som, SAAMI, sea anemone, skinny, siam, swoon, sequin, sin, sum, squaw man, shimmy, seminoma, shmo, samia, sone, sienna, sm, sham, siouan, semen, squama, some, seism, snowy, seamy, sami, seine, shahn, shaken, syconium, SAAME, sigyn, sewn, skin, Swagman, schmo, suck in, soma, sesamum, Shinney, swim, Susanna, snow, sea onion, sanaa, shogun, swine, Sq In, Susiana, sunny, sumo, sagina, six-gun, scammony, sun, sunni, synonymy, swain, Shema, simian, sciaena, samoan, sane, soman, shaman, scone, sesame, sign in, season, sichuan, sikkim, samoa, sinew, Shona, scum, soon, shoshonean, shawnee, suomi, sn, siwan, seem, showman, simenon, shine, sinewy, saone, shammy, senna, sian, schizogony, soignee, shiny, sage hen, suasion, sigma, simeon, socinian, seize on, sachem, shin, Sison Amomum, simoom, Shiism, shawny, shem, simon, shame, sajama.
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