shun
- shun
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. avoid, elude, evade, eschew; cut, ignore; steer clear of.
See avoidance.
II
(Roget's IV)
v.
Syn. dodge, evade, keep away from, ignore, neglect; see also
avoid .
Ant. accept, adopt*, take advantage of.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
v.
avoid, turn away from, *give the cold shoulder to, dodge, evade, reject, snub, steer clear of, shy away from, eschew, forgo.
ANT.: embrace, seek out, face
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II)
verb
1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay or steer) clear of. See SEEK.
2. To slight (someone) deliberately: cut, rebuff, snub, spurn. Informal: coldshoulder. Idioms: close (or shut) the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on. See ACCEPT.
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shun — O.E. scunian to shun, desist, to hide, of uncertain origin; not found in any other language. Perhaps ultimately from PIE root *skeu to cover, to hide. Related: Shunned; shunning … Etymology dictionary
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Shun — [ʃun], einer der chinesischen Urkaiser des 3. Jahrtausends v. Chr. (China, Geschichte) … Universal-Lexikon
