What does shun mean?
Definitions for shun
ʃʌnshun
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shun.
Princeton's WordNet
shun, eschewverb
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb
expel from a community or group
Wiktionary
shunverb
To avoid, especially persistently.
shunverb
To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
shunverb
To screen, hide.
shunverb
To shove, push.
Etymology: From scunian. Cognate with Old Norse skunde/skynde.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Shunverb
To avoid; to decline; to endeavour to escape; to eschew.
Etymology: ascunian , Saxon.
Consider death in itself, and nature teacheth Christ to shun it. Richard Hooker.
The lark! shuns on lofty boughs to build,
Her humble nest lies silent in the field. Edmund Waller.Birds and beasts can fly their foe:
So chanticleer, who never saw a fox,
Yet shun’d him as a sailor shuns the rocks. Dryden.Cato will train thee up to great
And virtuous deeds: do but observe him well,
Thoul’t shun misfortunes, or thou’lt learn to bear them. Addis.
ChatGPT
shun
To shun means to deliberately avoid or stay away from someone or something. This could be due to dislike, fear, disapproval or feeling of contempt towards that person or thing. It is a conscious act of exclusion or non-engagement.
Webster Dictionary
Shunverb
to avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice
Wikidata
Shun
Shun or Di Shun and also known as Chonghua was a 23rd-22nd century BC legendary leader of ancient China, among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Shun's half-century of rule was said to be long for the history of China.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shun
shun, v.t. to avoid: to keep clear of: to neglect:—pr.p. shun′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. shunned.—adj. Shun′less (Shak.), not able to be shunned: unavoidable.—ns. Shun′ner; Shun′pike, a byroad. [A.S. scunian; Ice. skunda, to speed.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shun is ranked #77788 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Shun surname appeared 246 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shun.
64.2% or 158 total occurrences were Asian.
26% or 64 total occurrences were White.
4% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
3.6% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shun in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shun in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of shun in a Sentence
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
William Shakespeare, "King Lear", Act 3 scene 4:
Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.
Oh, that way madness lies let me shun that.
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.
People would shun Fukushima fish again as soon as the water is released.
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- ausweichen, flüchten, meiden, aus dem Weg gehenGerman
- αποφεύγωGreek
- evitarSpanish
- rejeter, éviter, fuir, esquiverFrench
- stigmatizzare, schivare, evitareItalian
- 피하다Korean
- ontwijkenDutch
- unngåNorwegian
- stronić, unikaćPolish
- evitarPortuguese
- evita, evada, împinge, ascundeRomanian
- избегать, беречься, избежать, остерегаться, гнушаться, сторонитьсяRussian
- vyhýbať saSlovak
- หลีกเลี่ยงThai
- kaçınmak, uzak durmak, sakınmak, kaçmakTurkish
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