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What is another word for
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To draw back in fear, cringe, or back down
To be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
To shy away from, or have misgivings about
To show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
To avoid proceeding through reluctance
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Verb
▲
To draw back in fear, cringe, or back down
recoils
flinches
shrinks
retreats
cowers
cringes
draws back
backs away
backs off
pulls back
blenches
falls back
quails
blanches
withdraws
shrinks back
starts
winces
shies
squinches
retires
gets cold feet
falters
wavers
shudders
grovels
backs out
recedes
pulls out
shrinks away
quakes
crouches
takes fright
gives ground
clears out
moves away
moves back
shows fear
turns tail
steps back
hides
shakes with fear
dodges
ducks
trembles
quivers
shakes
shivers
hesitates
balks
US
baulks
UK
goes backward
hangs back
jerks back
slinks
jumps back
refuses
starts back
springs back
gives way
loses ground
backpedals
crawfishes
regresses
hightails it
flees
splits
beats it
peels out
runs off
leaves
escapes
runs for it
runs away
scarpers
vamooses
resiles
takes off
turns away
legs it
bolts
quits
cuts and run
makes off
runs
faints
has cold feet
droops
disengages
beats a retreat
takes flight
retracts
beats a hasty retreat
goes away
departs
drops out
skedaddles
scrams
goes back
withdraws from
abandons
decamps
opts out
flies
draws away
bails out
contracts out
pulls the plug
hooks it
gets out
moves out
backs down
opts out of
moves further off
wriggles out
exits
flows back
retrocedes
bows out
skips off
evacuates
makes oneself scarce
distances oneself
pulls away
defects
revolts
retrogresses
returns
ebbs
retrogrades
goes down
excludes oneself
disassociates
dissociates
abstracts
delinks
weasels out
bows out of
secedes
packs in
resigns
pulls out of
absents yourself
walks away from
recedes from
stops participating
disengages from
pulls
forsakes
backs out of
stops participating in
chucks
resigns from
steps down from
detaches
gives up
detaches yourself
scratches from
abstracts oneself
makes a quick exit
eludes
levants
folds
evades
lights out
makes a break for it
takes to your heels
vacates
takes a powder
does a bunk
goes
flies the coop
makes a getaway
bugs out
cuts out
does a runner
breaks
shows a clean pair of heels
does a fade
heads for the hills
makes a run for it
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“He doesn't
shy away
from matchups against star players and is the team's nastiest lineman.”
Verb
▲
To be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
baulks
UK
balks
US
eschews
desists
disdains
jibs
resists
scorns
shrinks from
refuses
demurs from
quails at
refuses to
draws back from
jibs at
reins in
scruples to
shies from
stops short
turns down
hates to
takes exception to
draws the line at
Verb
▲
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
flinches
evades
avoids
shrinks
demurs
dodges
shies
eschews
shirks
eludes
escapes
shuns
hangs back
quails at
turns away
backs away
draws back
baulks at
boggles at
fights shy of
jibs at
recoils
sheers
spurns
rejects
forsakes
repudiates
abandons
abdicates
turns your back on
has nothing to do with
gives a wide berth to
shrinks from
balks at
turns away from
stays clear of
recoils from
weasels out of
shies away from
steers clear of
disowns
refuses
deserts
turns back on
casts aside
opts out
forswears
renounces
forgoes
abjures
relinquishes
disavows
sacrifices
abnegates
refrains from
denies
drops
disdains
disclaims
abstains
ducks
kicks
shakes
disaffirms
gainsays
refrains
scapes
finesses
gets around
has no truck with
dispenses with
shuffles out of
packs in
jacks in
swears off
gives up
reneges on
abstains from
lets well enough alone
keeps clear of
Verb
▲
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
bottles out
fails
chickens out
backs down
shrinks from
wimps out
falls at the first fence
loses courage
Verb
▲
To shy away from, or have misgivings about
shrinks
demurs
dithers
falters
wavers
balks
US
baulks
UK
hesitates
scruples
disrelishes
scruples about
has misgivings about
has qualms about
has scruples about
hesitates to
vacillates about
fights shy of
hangs back
thinks twice about
baulks at
hates to
quails at
shies away from
wavers about
boggles at
minds doing something
Verb
▲
To show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
rebels
recoils
flinches
shrinks
feels repugnance
shrinks from
flinches from
pulls back
shows repugnance
pulls back from
shies away from
baulks at
Verb
▲
To avoid proceeding through reluctance
hangs back
hesitates
dithers
vacillates
wavers
demurs
teeters
wabbles
falters
halts
scruples
staggers
wobbles
hovers
lags
lingers
pauses
procrastinates
straggles
holds back
shilly-shallies
hangs fire
holds off
shrinks back
stays back
drags your feet
drags your heels
stays in the background
stalls
delays
fluctuates
havers
swithers
oscillates
dawdles
equivocates
temporizes
US
dallies
waits
hedges
alternates
tergiversates
dillydallies
seesaws
pussyfoots
stumbles
defers
deliberates
dilly-dallies
doubts
hangs
weighs
balks
US
thinks twice
ponders
baulks
UK
stops
flounders
sits on fence
temporises
UK
hems and haws
pulls back
boggles
hums and haws
mammers
thinks about
debates
balances
blows hot and cold
sits on the fence
pussyfoots around
yo-yos
changes
wastes time
waffles
runs hot and cold
gets cold feet
keeps changing your mind
changes mind
faffs about
swings
whiffles
flip-flops
fence-straddles
straddles
chops and changes
messes around
dodges
hangs about
ums and ahs
trifles
hangs around
varies
whiffles waffles
sways
palters
takes your time
plays for time
slow-walks
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