Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shunning

/ˈʃʌnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: shun-ning
IPA: /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shun

noun

The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.

Example Sentences

"His mind began showering him with painful memories, forcing him to relive shunnings that stretched from elementary to high school and a procession of college roommates who'd ignore him after the first week."
"Shunnings divided families, turning sisters and brothers into strangers ... . . even if the shunned one repented and returned home."
"It was during one of my first “shunnings” that I learned a very valuable lesson. Playground politics, it seemed, dictated that while being shunned by the cool group, it was not acceptable behavior to start hanging around with the “non-cool” group."

Inflected Forms

shunnings (plural)

Synonyms

blacklisting discommendation shunning avoidance blackballing ostracism ostracization petalism silent treatment

Rhymes With

running stunning cunning gunning dunning sunning outrunning bunning rerunning punning

Questions

How do you pronounce shunning?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/.
What does shunning mean?: present participle and gerund of shun

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