shunning

Other forms of shunning

plural

shunnings·

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 shunning

What does shunning mean?

shunning means "deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening".

How many syllables are in shunning?

shunning has 2 syllables: shun-ning. The stress falls on "shun". In IPA it is /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/.

What is another word for shunning?

Close synonyms include avoidance, turning away, dodging. 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 shunning a common word?

shunning is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.