'Shun' definitions:
Definition of 'shun'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Shun'
From: GCIDE
- Shun \Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.] To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. [1913 Webster]
- I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. --Acts xx. 26,27. [1913 Webster]
- Scarcity and want shall shun you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Avoid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shun'
From: Moby 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