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shunning

NOUN
avoidance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
evasion prevention restraint
STRONG
circumvention delay departure dodge dodging elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shirking
WEAK
absention eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of
Antonyms
STRONG
advance arrival coming continuation stay
WEAK
meeting
NOUN
escape
Synonyms
STRONGEST
breakout departure desertion disappearance flight freedom liberation outbreak rescue withdrawal
STRONG
AWOL abdication avoidance beat bolt break bypassing circumvention decampment deliverance dodging ducking elopement elusion elusiveness evasion evasiveness extrication fadeout hegira lam leave out powder release retreat sidestepping spring
WEAK
eschewal runaround
Antonyms
STRONGEST
arrival coming entrance stay staying
STRONG
directness meeting
WEAK
capture maintenance
NOUN
evasion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dodging
STRONG
artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery
WEAK
come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall
Antonyms
STRONG
directness frankness honesty openness reality truth
WEAK
facing meeting
NOUN
ostracism
Synonyms
STRONG
avoidance boycott exclusion excommunication exile expulsion isolation rejection
WEAK
blackballing cold-shouldering
Antonyms
STRONG
acceptance allowance
NOUN
runaround
Synonyms
WEAK
come-off delay detour difficulty diversion elusion escape escaping eschewal evasion inertia postponement roundabout
Antonyms
WEAK
challenge facing meeting

Example Sentences

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Some investors are shunning private-credit funds, but billions of dollars are still flowing into related funds with a big software exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

All of these would normally be reasons to seek out safety in bonds, rather than shunning them.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Assets are valued using a “risk-free” interest rate, and an investor’s tolerance in either taking risk on, or shunning it entirely, dictates the prices of those assets throughout the whole of their tradable life.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

It isn’t that they are intentionally shunning on-campus activities and events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

He left no explanation for shunning his cure.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy