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What is another word for
shy away from
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Verb
To keep away from something
To feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something
To show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
To shun or cast something aside
To show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something
To hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
Adjective
Reluctant or averse to doing something
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Verb
▲
To keep away from something
avoid
circumvent
shun
bypass
circumnavigate
keep clear of
stay away from
steer clear of
dodge
evade
give a wide berth to
shrink from
shy from
sidestep
balk at
get around
give something a miss
keep at arm's length
keep away from
keep one's distance from
recoil from
stay shy of
fight shy of
have no part of
have nothing to do with
turn away from
turn back on
eschew
spurn
reject
shirk
take a rain check
abstain from
give a wide berth
hold back from
leapfrog
duck
skirt round
avoid dealing with
Verb
▲
To feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something
recoil
baulk at
feel abhorrence at
feel disgust at
feel revulsion at
hesitate at
shrink from
be unable to bear
be unable to stomach
Verb
▲
To show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
rebel
recoil
flinch
shrink
feel repugnance
shrink from
flinch from
pull back
show repugnance
pull back from
shy away
baulk at
Verb
▲
To shun or cast something aside
abdicate
forsake
repudiate
abandon
avoid
reject
spurn
shun
disown
shirk
refuse
desert
steer clear of
give a wide berth to
have nothing to do with
stay clear of
turn your back on
weasel out of
turn back on
cast aside
opt out
elude
forgo
abjure
renounce
forswear
sacrifice
relinquish
disavow
abnegate
duck
evade
deny
disclaim
drop
abstain
escape
dodge
disdain
kick
refrain from
shake
refrain
disaffirm
finesse
gainsay
scape
shy
eschew
abstain from
give up
renege on
get around
shuffle out of
keep clear of
fight shy of
have no truck with
not touch
dispense with
swear off
pack in
let well enough alone
jack in
quit
desist
forbear
stop
do without
decline
cease
sidestep
pass up
leave off
cut out
resist
circumvent
desist from
discontinue
keep from
go without
withhold from
bypass
lay off
forego
check
withhold
hold back
break off
halt
keep
curb
waive
wash your hands of
skirt
skip
pass on
recant
pass
turn down
end
shrink from
shy from
escape from
leave out
finish
give something a miss
renege
bilk
cheat
inhibit
balk
US
baulk
UK
resign
ditch
stop oneself
retract
get out of
sit out
deny oneself
balk at
leave alone
rebuff
forbear from
give over
discard
shake off
repeal
get away from
keep off
miss
tergiversate
foreswear
restrain
break
surrender
parry
cut
can
disregard
lose
flee
shuck
cast off
throw off
have done with
wriggle out of
brush aside
knock off
throw away
body-swerve
stay away from
run away from
cut off
not do
pack up
leave behind
resist the temptation to
give the slip
skip out on
give the runaround
withdraw
disapprove
unsay
demur
conclude
reprobate
suspend
scorn
funk
leave
pussyfoot
disinherit
belay
disacknowledge
dump
tergiverse
frustrate
omit
foil
baffle
surcease
thwart
prevent
neglect
yield
concede
veto
baulk at
shy away
restrain from
take the cure
arrest
fly
do away with
duck-shove
skirt round
throw up
quail at
cop out of
recoil from
not accept
get off
rein in
hold off
skive off
avoid doing something
be temperate
turn away from
throw over
refuse to acknowledge
slide out of
call a halt to
resign from
jib at
scoff at
slip out
give a wide berth
stop oneself from
not buy
not want
restrain oneself from
fend off
sneak away
don't want
steer clear
shuffle off
slough off
have nothing more to do with
chuck
bridle
trick
go cold turkey
dismiss
skulk
snub
turn
defect
apostatize
wriggle
manage without
decline to
restrain yourself
go easy
ignore
overlook
keep out of the way of
keep at arm's length
defeat
disallow
repulse
keep away from
avoid dealing with
apostacize
impugn
break up
goldbrick
slip
malinger
shut off
hold back from
equivocate
kick the habit
quit cold
prevent oneself from
hide from
extricate oneself from
let up
not give in to
cease to indulge in
lay off of
kick over
call it quits
take back
say no to
knock back
demur at
pause
hedge
fudge
refuse to recognize
outrun
waffle
fast forward
pass over
skim over
walk out on
toss over
divorce oneself from
sell out
interrupt
outwit
double
miss out on
refuse to abide by
disincline
dislike
stay shy of
slip away from
give the slip to
run from
slip through the net
throw off the scent
run around
get away
be beyond
slip through your fingers
avert
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
stay away
interfere with
stave off
make up for
nullify
obviate
ward off
block
impede
counterbalance
break the habit of
withstand
prohibit
neutralise
UK
hinder
head off
negate
preclude
neutralize
US
help
counteract
anticipate
give the thumbs down
give the red light
send one's regrets
shake one's head
call a stop to
jib
take the pledge
go on the wagon
welsh
weasel
fence
shrink
forget
hem and haw
dog
bludge
dance around an issue
put off
cop out
worm one's way out of
beat around the bush
forfeit
slip through the net of
lead on a merry chase
escape the clutches of
keep your distance
break away from
end-run
pay no attention to
cede
beat
demur from
refuse to
not attend to
skimp on
be remiss about
shortcut
betray
withgo
lose sight of
play truant from
duck out of
not attend
let something slide
leave something undone
be lax about
lie down on job
pay little attention to
give the go by
skive
spare
part with
say goodbye to
hate to
not like to
be unwilling to
be deprived of
be stripped of
draw back from
turn in
render
be reluctant to
take exception to
hand over
scruple to
kiss goodbye
stop short
let go
pay with
sign away
prostitute
lay down
cough up
turn over
draw the line at
kiss goodbye to
withdraw from
flinch
juke
hang back
turn away
negative
back away
draw back
boggle at
nix
deselect
back out of
pussyfoot around
short-circuit
find a way out of
shed
oust
disprofess
rescind
banish
throw out
break with
have no more truck with
be against
lay aside
defect from
fly in the face of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something
have nothing to do with
snub
avoid
ignore
shun
evade
eschew
steer clear of
cold-shoulder
keep away from
leave alone
recoil from
fight shy of
give a wide berth to
give the cold shoulder
stiff-arm
ditch
turn back on
keep one's distance from
turn away from
body-swerve
give the bum's rush
stay shy of
stay clear of
have no part in
repudiate
decline
scorn
keep clear of
shy from
send to Coventry
palm off
snout
give someone the go-by
neglect
have no part of
bilk
dismiss
give the brush
brush off
cut dead
put down
not touch
shrink from
rebuff
give a wide berth
cut
ostracise
UK
pass up
refuse
reject
stand aloof from
balk at
ostracize
US
look right through someone
tell someone where to get off
disdain
give the runaround
freeze out
give someone the brush-off
turn down
spurn
knock back
shake off
slight
blank
shirk
coldshoulder
baulk at
look past
pass
repulse
disregard
stiff
disapprove
demur
reprobate
say no to
dodge
elude
forgo
desist
pass on
cut someone cold
demur at
abstain from
high-hat
refrain from
nix
withhold from
desist from
not accept
negative
deselect
send one's regrets
shake one's head
turn your back on
act cool
throw out
look straight through
give the brushoff
jib at
turn away
snub one's nose at
jilt
exclude
pretend not to see
stay away from
hide from
pooh-pooh
drive away
give the cold shoulder to
shut out
make unwelcome
hand someone the frozen mitt
give someone the big E
give someone the air
leave out in the cold
turn up one's nose
discount
refuse to entertain
skip
overlook
miss
not heed
give the thumbs down to
not take advantage of
scout
negate
chill
repel
withdraw
protest
not budge on
turn deaf ear to
not care for
hold out
protest at
not buy
turn from
hold back
send off
hold off
draw the line at
don't want to
dispense with
refuse to receive
say no
give thumbs down to
set aside
throw over
shrink
cut out
keep at arm's length
not give time of day
look through
ice out
take no notice of
slough off
blow off
shy
deny
make light of
pay no attention to
abjure
forbear
renounce
escape
flinch
hang back
boggle at
draw back
back away
quail at
shy away
brush aside
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
jib
waver
falter
hesitate
shy
baulk
UK
balk
US
flinch
quail
recoil
shrink from
recoil from
baulk at
be reluctant to
be unwilling to
boggle at
demur at
draw back from
be loath to
not want to
fight shy of
retreat from
shy at
stop short of
demur
hang back
have misgivings about
think twice about
have qualms about
dither
scruple
vacillate about
have scruples about
hang back from
vacillate
doubt
boggle
shrink
disrelish
shilly-shally
be shy about
demur from
be reluctant
hesitate to
be unwilling
have reservations about
have qualms
scruple about
be chary of
be reluctant about
mind doing something
flinch from
be coy about
waver about
be cagey about
teeter
stagger
halt
wabble
wobble
balance
worry
fret
stickle
stick at
drag one's heels over
demur about
be loath
balk at
drag one's feet over
don't want to
think twice
be hesitant
be disinclined
be averse to
be hesitant to
be bashful about
not be in favour of
be against
hate to
quail at
be diffident about
be opposed to
be indisposed to
be sorry to
shy away
be slow to
be disinclined to
be ashamed to
not have the heart to
not like to
be afraid to
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Reluctant or averse to doing something
unwilling
reluctant
disinclined
loath
averse
indisposed
opposed
slow
unenthusiastic
resistant
mind
afraid
hesitant
sweer
disrelish
uninclined
baulk at
demur at
flinch from
jib at
not about
recoil from
shrink from
have qualms about
have scruples about
stick at
vacillate about
waver about
not in the mood
be cagey about
boggle at
have misgivings about
have reservations about
not have the heart to
think twice about
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