Synonyms for shun
ʃʌnshun

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1. shun

   Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful." Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.

   Synonyms:
   abhor, abominate, despise, detest, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn

   Antonyms:
   admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish

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1. shun

   Synonyms:
   avoid, escape, discard, eschew, keep clear of, elude

   Antonyms:
   court, seek, affect

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1. shun, eschewverb

   avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

   Synonyms:
   blackball, ostracize, ostracise, banish, eschew, ban, cast out

2. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

   expel from a community or group

   Synonyms:
   ostracize, veto, toss, relegate, cast out, toss out, fling, eschew, blackball, banish, chuck out, dispose, ban, throw away, bar, censor, cast away, ostracise, cast aside, throw out, negative, put away, toss away, discard

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1. shunverb

   Synonyms:
   AVOID, evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape from

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1. shunverb

   Synonyms:
   avoid, elude, evade, eschew

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1. List of paraphrases for "shun":

   anshun, thuan, letter, sean, shung

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1. Mahabharata:

   ?Tis not for gain, for fame, from fear That righteous men injustice shun, And virtuous men hold virtue dear: An inward voice they seem to hear, Which tells them duty must be done.

2. Thomas Markle:

   So if I moved to London and started selling cups with my daughter’s face on, would they shun me? The Royal Family is living by rules that are outdated.

3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:

   Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself.

5. Toronto Zoo:

   The giant panda keepers and Chinese experts continue to twin-swap the cubs with Er Shun and as they grow, and both cubs are being supplemented with formula. The only time the cubs are not with mom is when she is eating bamboo.