shun

shun is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
2. verb. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

   Synonyms: eschew

3. verb. expel from a community or group

   Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, ostracise, ostracize

Synonyms

eschew, ban, banish, blackball, ostracise, ostracize

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shun:

huns

Common word forms

shuns, shunned, shunner, shunless, shunning

Words from these letters

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