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shun
verb as in avoid, ignore
Example Sentences
In a leadership workshop, one participant confided that he held hard-right political views and worried that colleagues would shun him, impacting his career.
Trump's direct diplomacy with Putin stunned Nato allies, because the West has shunned contacts with Moscow since Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Despite being shunned by galleries earlier in his career, Vettriano's self-portrait The Weight went on long-term display in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopened after a renovation in 2011.
Mirthfully nostalgic and inspirational, it shuns the post-modern cynicism of the era.
She and other witnesses described the congregation as having strict views, including that mainstream healthcare should be shunned and that both Christmas and Easter were "pagan" or ungodly festivals.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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