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To keep away from something
To cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
To be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
To be reluctant to do something
To be afraid of someone or something when considering them to be dangerous, painful, or harmful
To show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
To feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
To hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
To renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
To feel distaste for or hostility towards
To be in a state of great apprehension or anxiety
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Verb
▲
To keep away from something
avoids
shuns
spurns
rejects
shirks
eschews
turns away from
balks at
recoils from
steers clear of
evades
dodges
stays away from
keeps clear of
shies from
keeps away from
keeps one's distance from
has nothing to do with
circumvents
bypasses
sidesteps
gets around
gives a wide berth to
snubs
stays shy of
shies away from
turns back on
fights shy of
has no part of
ignores
cold-shoulders
shakes off
bilks
gives someone the brush-off
cuts dead
refuses
gives someone the go-by
eludes
hides from
gives the cold shoulder to
cuts someone cold
neglects
knocks back
ostracises
UK
turns down
leaves alone
sends to Coventry
dismisses
stands aloof from
brushes off
ditches
gives the cold shoulder
rebuffs
cuts
has no part in
passes up
gives the brush
stiff-arms
repudiates
palms off
puts down
tells someone where to get off
stays clear of
snouts
gives the runaround
freezes out
disdains
gives the bum's rush
scorns
declines
ostracizes
US
gives a wide berth
circumnavigates
refrains from
stops
gives something a miss
keeps at arm's length
prevents
averts
withstands
steers clear
stays away
skips
restrains from
abstains
skirts
escapes
resists
forbears
skips out on
abstains from
precludes
desists
breaks the habit of
neutralises
UK
forbears from
gets out of
holds off
keeps from
helps
fends off
wards off
shakes
prohibits
does without
withholds from
renounces
makes up for
desists from
forgoes
neutralizes
US
anticipates
counteracts
hinders
counterbalances
heads off
impedes
negates
denies oneself
checks
arrests
leaves off
nullifies
interferes with
gives up
blocks
obviates
kicks
staves off
excludes
blackballs
blanks
blacklists
coldshoulders
shuts out
slights
cuts off
leaves out in the cold
looks past
disregards
excommunicates
stiffs
boycotts
disowns
hands someone the frozen mitt
turns your back on
others
debars
cancels
despises
disfellowships
repulses
discounts
jilts
unfollows
casts aside
casts out
has nothing more to do with
acts cool
breaks with
swears off
gives someone the air
ices out
washes your hands of
gives someone the big E
gives the brushoff
looks straight through
flouts
expels
banishes
has done with
disavows
drives away
pretends not to see
pooh-poohs
makes unwelcome
turns up one's nose
leaves in the cold
refuses to recognize
refuses to abide by
leaves out
bans
embargoes
bars
blacks
scouts
chills
proscribes
vetoes
interdicts
outlaws
deserts
strikes
abnegates
abjures
repels
forsakes
drops
withholds patronage
unfriends
looks through
takes no notice of
cuts out
places an embargo on
refuses to take part in
passes by
holds aloof from
imposes sanctions
bins off
gives someone the push
gives the elbow
blows off
sloughs off
pays no attention to
makes light of
more ❯
“She would
shrink from
visiting him after their last argument.”
Verb
▲
To cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
weans
stops
halts
ceases
discontinues
refrains from
desists from
quits
forbears from
breaks off
cuts out
calls a halt to
calls it a day
gives up
abandons
abstains from
leaves off
knocks off
packs in
suspends
desists
forsakes
lays off
passes up
precludes
relinquishes
renounces
resists
skips
steers clear of
belays
bypasses
finishes
keeps from
stays away from
axes
US
backs off from
checks out from
drops
forgoes
gives over
holds off
packs up
pulls out of
puts a stop to
refuses
reins in
restrains from
swears off
withholds from
calls it quits on
detaches
jacks in
kiboshes
puts an end to
surceases from
eschews
avoids
shuns
forswears
kicks
does without
gives a wide berth to
abjures
goes without
dispenses with
abstains
rejects
spurns
refrains
has nothing to do with
leaves out
repudiates
forbears
foregoes
declines
passes on
fights shy of
leaves alone
evades
shirks
waives
escapes
disavows
gives something a miss
stays clear of
sits out
weasels out of
eludes
dodges
omits
ducks
withholds
shakes
sacrifices
finesses
keeps
abdicates
restrains
curbs
scapes
ditches
resists the temptation to
keeps off
shuffles out of
inhibits
gets off
holds back
turns your back on
stops oneself
gets around
skips out on
shies away from
keeps clear of
comes off
misses out on
lets alone
interrupts
goes on the wagon
takes the cure
checks
arrests
avoids doing something
passes
takes the pledge
denies oneself
shies from
bridles
goes easy
declines to
disregards
ignores
overlooks
cuts
abnegates
disclaims
denies
disdains
neglects
passes over
fast forwards
skims over
disaffirms
gainsays
shies
has no truck with
reneges on
lets well enough alone
disowns
deserts
turns back on
casts aside
opts out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
baulks
UK
balks
US
eschews
desists
disdains
jibs
resists
scorns
refuses
demurs from
quails at
refuses to
shies away
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 be reluctant to do something
hesitates
scruples
demurs from
baulks at
boggles at
feels uneasy about
hangs back from
has misgivings about
has qualms about
thinks twice about
has second thoughts
has qualms
blows hot and cold
doubts
demurs
hangs back
has reservations about
shies away from
thinks twice
wavers
dithers
vacillates
falters
teeters
staggers
halts
wabbles
wobbles
balances
boggles
disrelishes
stickles
frets
worries
shies
shilly-shallies
wavers about
vacillates about
has scruples about
minds doing something
demurs about
sticks at
recoils from
balks at
flinches from
baulks
UK
shrinks
balks
US
scruples about
shies away
hesitates to
quails at
fights shy of
hates to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be afraid of someone or something when considering them to be dangerous, painful, or harmful
fears
dreads
apprehends
cowers before
cringes from
feels apprehensive about
feels consternation about
flinches from
goes in terror of
has forebodings about
lives in dread of
lives in fear of
panics about
shakes in your shoes about
trembles at
trembles before
worries about
shudders
trembles
misdoubts
cringes
quakes at
has cold feet
quails from
has cold feet about
cowers at
shudders to think about
trembles to think about
anticipates with horror
cringes at the thought of
shudders at
Verb
▲
To show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
rebels
recoils
flinches
shrinks
feels repugnance
flinches from
pulls back
shows repugnance
pulls back from
shies away
shies away from
baulks at
feels abhorrence at
hesitates at
feels revulsion at
feels disgust at
Verb
▲
To feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
despises
abhors
detests
loathes
hates
execrates
dislikes
abominates
scorns
deplores
disrelishes
disdains
contemns
eschews
reviles
misprizes
finds intolerable
looks down on
regards with contempt
feels contempt for
has a down on
feels contempt
has no use for
recoils from
has it in for
shudders at
has an aversion to
feels aversion to
rejects
repudiates
regards with disgust
feels repugnance towards
regards with repugnance
feels hostility to
spurns
feels repelled by
feels revulsion to
has a horror of
feels hostile to
declines
refuses
revolts
dislikes greatly
finds disgusting
feels repugnance
has aversion to
has a strong aversion to
feels repugnance toward
feels disgust for
downs on
feels aversion toward
feels hostility towards
feels hostility toward
feels aversion towards
feels distaste for
feels animosity to
feels disgust towards
dislikes intensely
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
jibs
wavers
falters
hesitates
shies
baulks
UK
balks
US
flinches
quails
recoils
recoils from
baulks at
shies away from
boggles at
demurs at
draws back from
fights shy of
retreats from
shies at
stops short of
dithers
vacillates
demurs
shrinks
boggles
shilly-shallies
hesitates to
hangs back from
vacillates about
has scruples about
has misgivings about
has qualms about
thinks twice about
hangs back
flinches from
scruples about
pauses
pussyfoots
doubts
refuses
expresses reservations
expresses misgivings
expresses reluctance
drags your heels
hems and haws
waits and sees
thinks twice
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
bottles out
fails
chickens out
backs down
shies away
wimps out
falls at the first fence
loses courage
Verb
▲
To renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
cops out
reneges
bypasses
escapes
sidesteps
avoids
dodges
ducks
evades
shirks
skips
skives
abandons
backpedals
bilks
cuts
declines
deserts
funks
quits
renounces
revokes
welshes
withdraws
excuses
backs out
backs off
skirts round
runs away from
skives off
steers clear of
backs down
backs out of
ducks out of
gets out
gets out of
pulls out of
slides out of
weasels out
wriggles out of
gives the slip
eludes
shuns
shakes
finesses
eschews
scapes
neglects
misses
cheats
parries
fences
forgets
bludges
dogs
shuffles out of
cops out of
shuffles off
skimps on
pays no attention to
gets around
lies down on job
loses sight of
lets something slide
sloughs off
weasels out of
leaves something undone
pays little attention to
plays truant from
circumvents
finds a way out of
finds a way round
shies from
turns back on
gives a wide berth to
skirts
beats
shortcuts
tergiversates
jukes
gets away from
gives something a miss
pussyfoots around
short-circuits
more ❯
Verb
▲
To feel distaste for or hostility towards
dislikes
hates
loathes
abhors
despises
detests
scorns
shuns
abominates
disfavours
UK
disrelishes
execrates
opposes
resents
deplores
disfavors
US
mislikes
antipathizes
condemns
contemns
deprecates
disapproves
eschews
minds
reproves
discountenances
disesteems
regrets
relucts
disapproves of
objects to
disagrees with
finds repellent
frowns upon
recoils from
shudders at
takes exception to
frowns on
has no liking for
holds in disfavour
finds distasteful
finds intolerable
not appreciates
regards with disgust
regards with distaste
has an aversion to
looks down on
loses interest in
takes a dim view of
bears malice toward
has hard feelings
has no stomach for
has no taste
has no taste for
not cares for
has a down on
makes faces at
tuts about
tuts over
tut-tuts about
tut-tuts over
Verb
▲
To be in a state of great apprehension or anxiety
trembles
worries
agonises
UK
agonizes
US
frets
fusses
quails
stews
loses sleep
blanches from
blenches from
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