shun
[verb]
Synonyms: avoid, keep away from, steer clear of

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Contrasted words: accept, adopt, welcome
Related Idioms: have nothing to do with, keep away from, stand aloof from, steer clear of, turn away from, turn one's back upon
Related Words: decline, refuse, reject, snub, despise, disdain, scorn

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

shun /ʃʌn/ verb (past tense and past participle shunned, present participle shunning) [transitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scunian]
to deliberately avoid someone or something:
a shy woman who shunned publicity
Victims of the disease found themselves shunned by society.

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