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All shun synonyms

shun
S s

verb shun

  • let well enough alone β€” separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • kite β€” the paunch; stomach; belly.
  • disfavored β€” unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • abstain β€” If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  • lam β€” to beat; thrash.
  • kited β€” a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
  • duck out β€” leave secretly
  • forbear β€” to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
  • beg off β€” to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
  • flinch β€” to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
  • dis-favored β€” unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • kiting β€” a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
  • cast out β€” To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • duck β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
  • down on β€” from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • beg the question β€” If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
  • cut and run β€” to make a rapid escape
  • hold off β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • circumvent β€” If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
  • avoid β€” If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • fear β€” a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
  • despise β€” If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
  • elude β€” Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
  • evade β€” Escape or avoid, esp. by cleverness or trickery.
  • lay low β€” situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
  • can't stand β€” find intolerable
  • ostracise β€” to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
  • malinger β€” to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
  • cold-shoulder β€” to snub; show indifference to.
  • get away β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • escape β€” An act of breaking free from confinement or control.
  • ostracize β€” to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
  • have no use for β€” to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • get away with β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • cut dead β€” to snub completely
  • burred β€” prickly or rough in texture.
  • give the slip β€” to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • make tracks β€” a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • bummed β€” depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
  • mislike β€” to dislike.
  • burring β€” a pronunciation of the r- sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
  • beware β€” If you tell someone to beware of a person or thing, you are warning them that the person or thing may harm them or be dangerous.
  • eschew β€” Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
  • get out β€” an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
  • get around β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • antipathize β€” (intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.
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