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, shun

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, shun

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1. • Expel

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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. 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.

2. Fumio Haga:

   People would shun Fukushima fish again as soon as the water is released.

3. Arizona Republican:

   Arizona Republican orthodoxy has been to shun tariffs and have free trade, so this is really -- there's nothing conservative about this policy, nothing.

4. Geng Shuang:

   Adding tariffs can't resolve any problem, talks are by their nature a process of discussion. It's normal for both sides to have differences. China won't shun problems and is sincere about continuing talks.

5. William Shakespeare, "King Lear", Act 3 scene 4:

   Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.