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To show an undesirable inclination to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
To keep away from something
To reject with disdain or contempt
To hesitate or be reluctant to do something (that one thinks may be wrong)
Verb
▲
To show an undesirable inclination to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
negative
decline
deselect
disapprove
pass
pass up
reprobate
spurn
throw out
throw over
reject
refuse
repudiate
nix
turn down
dismiss
rebuff
deny
say no to
knock back
disallow
turn back on
veto
withhold
give the thumbs down to
pass on
renounce
forgo
snub
shun
ignore
negate
rule out
not accept
give something a miss
baulk at
give thumbs down to
abandon
abjure
withgo
eschew
forbid
give up
scorn
block
interdict
prohibit
revoke
prevent
desist
discountenance
miss
oppose
repulse
demur
disregard
brush aside
demur at
set aside
abstain from
say no
withhold from
shoot down
desist from
send one's regrets
not grant
shy from
turn away
shake one's head
refrain from
give the red light to
discount
skip
overlook
not take advantage of
not heed
rule against
waive
say ‘no’ to
neglect
disdain
let pass
pass by
not hear of
steer clear of
repel
withdraw
deny oneself
protest
miss out on
let go by
fail to take advantage of
disown
disavow
not budge on
turn deaf ear to
not care for
brush off
hold out
protest at
not buy
turn from
hold back
send off
hold off
jib at
draw the line at
don't want to
dispense with
refuse to receive
forsake
forswear
relinquish
desert
discard
abnegate
dump
recant
shed
surrender
oust
disprofess
disinherit
disacknowledge
rescind
banish
cast aside
cast off
break with
cut off
turn your back on
defect from
have nothing more to do with
have no more truck with
refuse to acknowledge
wash your hands of
lay aside
be against
fly in the face of
don't want
not want
forbear
avoid
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
drop
disclaim
retract
abdicate
kick
renege
repeal
renege on
foreswear
leave
quit
ditch
refrain
unsay
pack in
cut out
have done with
swear off
gainsay
disaffirm
abstain
betray
jettison
do away with
yield
resign from
leave out
shirk
throw off
exclude
junk
disaffiliate
jilt
chuck
scrap
apostatize
separate
sacrifice
axe
UK
resist
resign
divorce oneself from
take back
have nothing to do with
give a wide berth to
jack in
depart from
ax
US
shy away from
split with
withdraw from
sever relations with
break away from
stay clear of
weasel out of
rat on
shut out
bin off
sit out
go away from
pull out of
give someone the big E
give someone the air
pull out
drop out of
keep from
do without
leave alone
go without
give someone the push
give the elbow
refute
ostracize
US
contravene
blackball
refuse to accept
scrub
discontinue
elude
stop using
ostracise
UK
secede from
stop having
escape
dodge
duck
evade
concede
delink from
shy
finesse
scape
shake
strand
dissociate oneself from
disaffiliate oneself from
forego
fight shy of
end relations with
excommunicate
disincline
dislike
break free from
take leave from
not touch
let well enough alone
get around
have no truck with
shuffle out of
keep clear of
unfollow
leave behind
leave flat
maroon
cold-shoulder
leave high and dry
leave stranded
tergiversate
cast out
refuse to recognize
refuse to abide by
divest
run out on
walk out on
break up with
bin
trash
split
bereave
cashier
take your leave of
kiss goodbye
change one's tune
take the oath
drift away
leave in the lurch
show the door
exheridate
deprive
evict
dispossess
cop out
go back on
violate oath
jump ship
disburden
throw
doff
slough
retire
get rid of
chuck out
get shot of
throw on the scrapheap
dispose of
fling away
cast away
get shut of
chuck away
toss out
throw away
shrug off
retreat
secede
except
leave penniless
cut off without a penny
cut off without a cent
cut out of will
cut
break from
disaffiliate from
become independent
separate oneself from
split from
split off from
break away
form a splinter group
separate from
preclude
bypass
elide
bar
pretermit
overpass
overleap
not bother
pass over
leave off
count out
let something slide
fail to include
slight
fail to mention
take out
skip over
factor out
omit
miss out
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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
get around
give something a miss
keep at arm's length
keep away from
keep one's distance from
recoil from
shy away from
stay shy of
fight shy of
have no part of
have nothing to do with
turn away from
turn back on
spurn
reject
shirk
eschew
skirt round
duck
skirt
find a way round
elude
escape
beat
shake
detour
get out of
go around
go round
pass round
make a detour round
detour round
pass around
find a way around
cheat
abstain from
hold back from
avoid dealing with
miss
get round
give a wide berth
take a rain check
move around
scape
finesse
bilk
skive
cut
funk
weasel out of
run away from
shuffle out of
cop out of
wriggle out of
skive off
back out of
duck-shove
find a way out of
pull out of
go past
keep out of
skip
shortcut
body-swerve
ditch
pussyfoot
fudge
juke
weasel
dance around
shake off
give the slip
skip out on
put the move on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reject with disdain or contempt
spurn
snub
dismiss
rebuff
repudiate
slight
contemn
cut
decline
disdain
ignore
jilt
refuse
reject
scorn
repel
repulse
snout
give someone the brush-off
give the brush
cold-shoulder
give someone the go-by
scoff at
sneer at
brush off
knock back
look down on
tell someone where to get off
cut dead
freeze out
sneeze at
stiff-arm
hold in contempt
put down
treat with contempt
turn your nose up at
give the cold shoulder
look right through someone
give the bum's rush
fend off
avoid
ostracize
US
ditch
neglect
bilk
shun
ostracise
UK
stay clear of
turn back on
keep one's distance from
turn away from
body-swerve
stay shy of
have no part in
leave alone
keep clear of
shy from
send to Coventry
palm off
have no part of
fight shy of
give a wide berth to
keep away from
not touch
shrink from
give a wide berth
pass up
have nothing to do with
shy away from
steer clear of
stand aloof from
recoil from
give the runaround
turn down
shake off
blank
stiff
coldshoulder
disregard
high-hat
look past
scout
exclude
shut out
turn your back on
look straight through
leave out in the cold
act cool
hand someone the frozen mitt
keep at arm's length
give the cold shoulder to
give the brushoff
not give time of day
give someone the big E
snub one's nose at
give someone the air
take no notice of
drive away
chill
make unwelcome
turn up one's nose
refuse to entertain
snoot
pooh-pooh
keep at a distance
keep at bay
misprize
pretend not to see
sniff at
cut out
look through
ice out
look down upon
turn deaf ear to
make light of
show disrespect for
show disrespect
blink at
treat disrespectfully
shrug off
blackball
blacklist
desert
excommunicate
discount
abjure
abnegate
drop
forsake
disfellowship
unfriend
disown
unfollow
despise
cast aside
cut off
cast out
break with
swear off
leave off
bin off
have nothing more to do with
give someone the push
give the elbow
kick in the teeth
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Verb
▲
To hesitate or be reluctant to do something (that one thinks may be wrong)
scruple
waver
hesitate
dither
vacillate
falter
teeter
stagger
halt
wabble
wobble
balance
demur
doubt
boggle
disrelish
fret
shy
stickle
worry
shilly-shally
hang back
be reluctant
have misgivings about
have qualms about
baulk at
think twice about
demur from
shrink from
boggle at
be unwilling
hang back from
have scruples about
vacillate about
shy away from
waver about
be loath
have qualms
stick at
demur about
flinch from
have reservations about
mind doing something
recoil from
drag one's feet over
drag one's heels over
be indecisive
fluctuate
dilly-dally
hum and haw
be unsure
be uncertain
blow hot and cold
hem and haw
be undecided
haver
equivocate
swither
be doubtful
shillyshally
be irresolute
temporize
US
dawdle
think twice
be hesitant
sit on the fence
temporise
UK
stall
baulk
UK
balk
US
yo-yo
hold back
pussyfoot around
be unable to make up your mind
oscillate
dally
pause
hover
hedge
tergiversate
procrastinate
shy away
run hot and cold
sit on fence
be unable to decide
keep changing your mind
delay
alternate
seesaw
linger
dillydally
change
deliberate
waffle
flip-flop
be disinclined
chop and change
hold off
be in two minds
hesitate over
get cold feet
change mind
be diffident about
fence-straddle
waste time
be ambivalent
faff about
see-saw
flicker
vary
tremble
sway
don't want to
quiver
dodge
trifle
palter
trim
shudder
swing
whiffle waffle
hang about
um and ah
hang around
mess around
straggle
lag
be ambivalent about
feel uneasy about
have second thoughts
be in a quandary
be in a dilemma
be on the horns of a dilemma
whiffle
straddle
stay back
shrink back
drag your heels
drag your feet
stay in the background
hang fire
be reluctant to come forward
be cagey
shrink
scruple about
be shy about
be averse to
be reluctant to
be hesitant to
be bashful about
be against
fight shy of
be opposed to
be indisposed to
be sorry to
be slow to
be disinclined to
be ashamed to
be afraid to
be loath to
not be in favour of
hate to
quail at
hesitate to
be chary of
be reluctant about
be coy about
not have the heart to
be cagey about
not like to
be unwilling to
wait
pussyfoot
stumble
defer
stop
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
pull back
think about
prevaricate
tarry
second-guessing yourself
have doubts
jib
faff around
express misgivings
express reluctance
express reservations
loiter
mess about
wait and see
play a waiting game
go from one extreme to the other
wobble about
have misgivings
doubt yourself
be on the fence
will and will not
refuse
potter
mark time
let the grass grow under one's feet
while away time
kill time
move slowly
be tentative
be divided
feel uncertain
wonder about
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
adjourn
retard
prolong
postpone
protract
goldbrick
cool
poke
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
fence
stay
drag
put off
be non-committal
kick the can down the road
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
postpone action
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
play for time
suspend action
be dilatory
straddle an issue
dodge the issue
sidestep the issue
beat about the bush
dodge the question
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
duck the question
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