shuns
Keeps away from
Shuns is the third-person singular form of shun, meaning to deliberately avoid or reject someone or something.
A person shuns an old friend after a betrayal; a community shuns those who violate its norms.
The word implies persistent, purposeful avoidance rather than casual distance: She shuns publicity, He shuns processed foods.
Expels from social group
- banishesExpels from a place
- blackballsExcludes from a group
- boycottsOrganized refusals to purchase
- cold-shouldersDeliberately ignores socially
excommunicates · expels · isolates · rejects · snubs · spurns · marginalizes · outcasts
ostracizes
Expels from social group
- banishesExpels from a place
- blackballsExcludes from a group
- boycottsOrganized refusals to purchase
cold-shoulders · excommunicates · expels · isolates · rejects · snubs · spurns · marginalizes · outcasts · alienates
evades
Avoids by cunning
circumvents · bypasses · skirts · abstains · refrains · shirks · eludes · deflects · averts · keeps away
flinches
Involuntary recoil movements
blanches · recoils · draws back · pulls away · retreats · withdraws · balks · shudders · startles · bristles
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
- repelsrepels, wards off, keeps away, fends off, drives away