shun

Other forms of shun

past tense or participle

shunned

present participle

shunning

third person

shuns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shun

What does shun mean?

shun means "avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shun?

shun has 1 syllable: shun. In IPA it is /ˈʃʌn/.

What is another word for shun?

Close synonyms include eschew, banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shun a common word?

shun is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.