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Word entry · 8 letters

shunning

Best crossword clue

"Avoiding deliberately"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted ghinnnsuStarts with SEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

Used in a sentence

  • His mind began showering him with painful memories, forcing him to relive shunnings that stretched from elementary to high school and a procession of college roommates who'd ignore him after the first week.
  • Shunnings divided families, turning sisters and brothers into strangers ... . . even if the shunned one repented and returned home.

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