Shun Definition

shŭn

shunned, shunning, shuns

verb

shunned, shunning, shuns

To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor.

Webster's New World

To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of.

Shun someone's advice; shun public recognition; shun fatty foods.

American Heritage

To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with.

American Heritage

To stay away from; not go to.

American Heritage

To avoid, especially persistently.

Acrophobes shun mountaineering.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Shun

From Old English scunian. Cognate with Old Norse skunde/skynde (“to hasten”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English shunnen from Old English scunian to abhor

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition