English to Irish Meaning of shun - shun

Shun :

shun

verb

deireadh a chur leis, bheith cúthail, sheachaint, Suaitheadh, coimeád as, shealbhú amach

Shun :: shunShuns :: shuns

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Definitions of shun in English

Verb(1) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of(2) expel from a community or group

Examples of shun in English

(1) People don't know what to do with their pain and so they shun them and they are then left alone in their pain.(2) So by claiming to shun public attention he evades confrontations and intensifies public curiosity.(3) It's a case of the more you attempt to avoid a public or shun publicity, the more it makes you enigmatic.(4) Also a divorced woman was shunned by society and treated as an outcast.(5) Tubin shuns big gestures in favour of reasoned argument, and the result is faceless music in which the craftsmanship is admirable but the final effect unmemorable.(6) She shuns her friends' rules and game-playing ideas from the start.(7) An actor, musician and songwriter of considerable talent, he shuns the celebrity lifestyle to relax with his family in suburban Dublin.(8) Unlike some serious walkers, she said she shuns isotonic sports drinks and energy bars to refuel her body during walks, preferring instead to drink water and munch nuts.(9) At the same time, India shuns international scrutiny and thereby denies international humanitarian access to internally displaced.(10) Krusty shuns his old routines in favor of edgier material - and suddenly becomes the hottest comic in show business.(11) Walker, 72, is a volatile, elusive individual who shuns the press, but he consented to a brief interview about Sharpton.(12) The further that respectable society shuns the children, the more they follow the only route open to them and fulfil all negative expectations.(13) The country people were shunning the fruit because flies, which settled on dead rabbits with myxomatosis, also alighted on brambles.(14) To eat alone by choice, shunning friends at mealtimes, would be another loss.(15) Throughout the film, we see how society shuns them as unclean and useless.(16) There is a small section of society that shuns the capitalistic ways of their fellow man.

Related Phrases of shun

(1) shun ::

shun

Related Phrases of shun

(1) shun ::

shun

Synonyms

Verb

1. avoid ::

sheachaint

2. eschew ::

eschew

3. ban ::

toirmeasc

Different Forms

shun, shuns

Word Example from TV Shows

they will still SHUN us like a bad smell.

Vikings Season 1, Episode 6

Bernadette's urge to SHUN, scowl...

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 19

Examples of shun from TV Shows

they will still SHUN us like a bad smell.

Vikings Season 1, Episode 6

Bernadette's urge to SHUN, scowl...

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 19

English to Irish Dictionary: shun

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