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Word entry · 4 letters

shun

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"Deliberately avoid"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ʃʌn/Part of speech verbSorted hnsuStarts with SEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

Word origin

From Middle English schonen (“to decline to do, avoid, fear”), from Old English sċunian (“to shun, fear, avoid”), of uncertain origin, though probably ultimately connected to the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”) via Proto-Germanic [Term?]; see that entry for more discussion.

Used in a sentence

  • Acrophobes shun mountaineering.
  • I'll shun meeting them for as long as possible.

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