Attract and Shun

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Attract

Attract verb - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.
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Synonyms for Attract
Antonyms for Attract
Shun is an antonym for attract in draw attention topic.
Nearby Words: attractive, attraction, attracting, attractable

Shun

Shun verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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Synonyms for Shun
Antonyms for Shun
Attract is an antonym for shun.
Nearby Word: shunned
Similar words of attract

Similar words of shun

Common collocations

heat attract heat shun heat
woman attract woman shun woman
kind attract kind shun kind
humans attract humans shun humans
Other words: women, kinds.

Both words in one sentence

  • Delivery Stork A 2000 March of Dimes commercial promoting pre-conceptual nutrition and self-care, featured a stork wandering through an office building, with various female employees trying to hide from, shun, or attract the bird according to their respective wants.
    Source: Delivery Stork
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Antonyms for attract


Antonyms for shun

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