Shun

Verb

 * 1)  To avoid, especially persistently.
 * 2)  To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
 * 3)  To screen, hide.
 * 4)  To shove, push.

Derived terms

 * shunless
 * shunnable
 * shunner

Adverbs for Shun
timorously; fastidiously; aristocratically; intelligently; cautiously; scrupulously; systematically; studiously.

Thesaurus
abstain, abstain from, avoid, be stuck-up, bilk, cold-shoulder, decline, despise, disdain, do without, dodge, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fight shy of, forbear, forgo, give place to, give up, hold aloof, hold aloof from, hold back, keep aloof, keep away from, keep clear of, keep from, keep hands off, keep remote from, let alone, let go by, make way for, never touch, not meddle with, not touch, pass up, rebuff, refrain, refrain from, refuse, reject, run away from, scorn, shrink from, shy, snub, spare, spurn, stand, stand aloof, stand aloof from, stay detached from, steer clear of, turn away from, withhold

Etymology
From scunian. Cognate with Old Norse skunde:/skynde:.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: unikać, stronić


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,  ; сторониться ; остерегаться ;


 * Greek:


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Romanian:


 * Romanian:


 * : mijden, schuwen
 * : meiden
 * : forðast


 * : marginar

Anagrams

 * Huns

Pinyin syllable
shun