Past tense of shun
regular verb
The past tense of shun is shunned. The past participle is also shunned.
Forms of shun
| Base form (V1) | shun /ʃʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shunned /ʃʌnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | shunned /ʃʌnd/ |
| Present participle | shunning /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | shuns /ʃʌnz/ |
Shunned in a sentence
- Islam has traditionally been husstuss-positive but it has always shunned agps as all sensible belief systems should.2023 September 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/. From the entry husstuss
- When it wasn't, those who kept their clothes on were shunned by the other flesh-worshipping orgygoers.2002 January 2, penic...@bigmailbox.net, “Mother Hickey insists she needs psychological examination/assistance”, in alt.christnet.nudism…. From the entry orgy-goer
- He was shunned by the entire community, and died shortly after, a broken bird.1996, David Curzon, The View from Jacob's Ladder: One Hundred Midrashim, The Jewish Publication Society, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry broken bird
- Protestant poets, however, wishing to proselytize, shunned esotericism and emphasized revelation rather than concealment.1987, S. K. Heninger Jr., “Words and Meter in Spenser and Scaliger”, in The Huntington Library Quarterly, volume 50, number 3, page 311. From the entry suasiveness
- In these situations and others, class-based insurrectionalism, led by vanguard political parties, has been shunned.1987, Our Generation - Volumes 16-18, page 6. From the entry insurrectionalism
Meaning of shun
- verb To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- verb To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
- verb To screen, hide.
Questions about the past tense of shun
- What is the past tense of shun?
- The past tense of shun is shunned.
- What is the past participle of shun?
- The past participle of shun is shunned.
- Is shun a regular or irregular verb?
- Shun is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shun (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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