shunned
Example Sentences
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Before Khomenei, respected Shiite clerics had shunned the idea of clerical rule.
Activist investors, once shunned by Japanese management, have gained more mainstream recognition over the years as the government has pressed companies to communicate better with investors and to improve capital efficiency.
Individuals all over the country were fired from their jobs, shunned, ostracized and run out of town for insufficient reverence for Kirk on social media.
From Salon
She asked not to be named or pictured over fears she would be shunned by her neighbours.
From BBC
Poor Bell was shunned and looked upon by the whole community as a murderer.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
