SHUNNING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shunning mean? 

• SHUNNING (noun)
  The noun SHUNNING has 1 sense:

1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

  Familiarity information: SHUNNING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHUNNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

avoidance; dodging; shunning; turning away

Hypernyms ("shunning" is a kind of...):

rejection (the act of rejecting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shunning"):

aversion; averting (the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away)

escape (an avoidance of danger or difficulty)

near thing (something that barely avoids failure or disaster)

Derivation:

shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)

 Context examples 

He was a man of singular habits, shunning company and very seldom going out.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)