shunned

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past of shun
shunned evil
avoided evil, resisted evil; behaved honestly, avoided sin
shun
To screen, hide
shun
To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc)
shun
To shove, push
shun
To avoid, especially persistently
shun
{v} to avoid, endeavor to escape, push
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If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them. From that time forward everybody shunned him He has always shunned publicity. to deliberately avoid someone or something. v. In Chinese mythology, one of the three legendary emperors, along with Yao and Da Yu, of the golden age of antiquity ( 23rd century BC), singled out by Confucius as models of integrity and virtue. Though his father repeatedly tried to murder him, Shun remained loyal to him. Because heaven and earth knew of Shun's virtue, animals assisted him in all his labours. The emperor Yao bypassed his own son to select Shun as his successor, and he gave Shun his two daughters in marriage. Shun is credited with standardizing weights and measures, regulating waterways, and organizing the kingdom into provinces
shun
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
shun
Shove, push
shun
Screen, hide
shun
Escape (a threatened evil, an unwelcome task etc)
shun
Avoid, especially persistently; to exclude socially
shun
expel from a community or group
shun
{f} avoid, stay away from, abstain from
shun
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice
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{ü} avoid, eschew
shunned

    Türkische aussprache

    şʌnd

    Aussprache

    /ˈsʜənd/ /ˈʃʌnd/

    Etymologie

    [ 'sh&n ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian.
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