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What is another word for
shy away
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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 avoid proceeding through reluctance
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▲
Verb
▲
To draw back in fear, cringe, or back down
recoil
flinch
shrink
retreat
cower
cringe
draw back
back away
back off
pull back
blench
fall back
quail
blanch
withdraw
shrink back
start
wince
shy
squinch
retire
get cold feet
falter
waver
shudder
grovel
back out
recede
pull out
shrink away
quake
crouch
step back
take fright
drop back
turn tail
clear out
move away
move back
show fear
give ground
hide
shake with fear
duck
dodge
tremble
quiver
shake
hesitate
shiver
baulk
UK
balk
US
go backward
hang back
spring back
jump back
refuse
start back
jerk back
slink
regress
backpedal
lose ground
crawfish
give way
run
vamoose
run off
split
scarper
leave
turn away
take off
bolt
peel out
hightail it
run away
cut and run
flee
resile
escape
beat it
make off
run for it
leg it
quit
faint
have cold feet
droop
disengage
beat a retreat
take flight
beat a hasty retreat
retract
drop out
skedaddle
scram
opt out
abandon
withdraw from
depart
go away
decamp
fly
contract out
back down
pull the plug
exit
evacuate
bail out
opt out of
hook it
skip off
wriggle out
move out
bow out
go back
get out
make oneself scarce
distance oneself
pull away
rear back
defect
revolt
go down
retrogress
ebb
move further off
retrograde
draw away
retrocede
return
flow back
exclude oneself
dissociate
abstract
delink
weasel out
disassociate
stop participating
disengage from
recede from
resign
step down from
scratch from
secede
abstract oneself
pack in
resign from
pull
give up
pull out of
absent yourself
back out of
bow out of
chuck
walk away from
forsake
stop participating in
detach yourself
detach
head for the hills
bug out
fold
make a quick exit
take to your heels
cut out
break
elude
do a bunk
light out
take a powder
do a fade
make a getaway
evade
vacate
levant
skidoo
do a runner
fly the coop
make a break for it
make a run for it
go
show a clean pair of heels
more ❯
“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
balk
US
eschew
desist
disdain
jib
resist
scorn
shrink from
refuse
demur from
quail at
refuse to
draw back from
jib at
not like to
rein in
scruple to
shy from
stop short
turn down
be reluctant to
hate to
take exception to
be unwilling to
draw the line at
Verb
▲
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
flinch
evade
avoid
shrink
demur
dodge
shy
eschew
shirk
elude
escape
shun
hang back
quail at
turn away
back away
draw back
baulk at
boggle at
fight shy of
jib at
recoil
shy away from
sheer
sheer away
rebel
shrink from
feel repugnance
show repugnance
pull back
flinch from
pull back from
dither
waver
falter
baulk
UK
hesitate
scruple
disrelish
be shy about
be averse to
be reluctant to
vacillate about
be loath to
be hesitant to
have misgivings about
be bashful about
not be in favour of
be against
hate to
hesitate to
be diffident about
have scruples about
think twice about
scruple about
have qualms about
be chary of
be opposed to
be reluctant about
mind doing something
be indisposed to
be sorry to
balk
US
be slow to
be disinclined to
be coy about
be ashamed to
waver about
not have the heart to
be cagey about
not like to
be unwilling to
be afraid to
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Verb
▲
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
bottle out
fail
chicken out
back down
shrink from
wimp out
fall at the first fence
lose courage
cancel
renege
wiggle out
back out
turn yellow
get cold feet
back pedal
welsh
bow out
throw in the towel
worm out
shy from
cop out
funk out
fink out
beg off
back off
lose your nerve
weasel out
go back on
wuss out
blow it off
have no stomach for
think better of
pull out
avoid
drop out
withdraw
bottle it
give up
surrender
yield
crap out
pike on
renege on
backpedal
recant
repudiate
scratch
chicken out of
get cold feet about
call off
resign
fail to honour
change your mind
default on
retreat from
cry off
abandon
pull out of
withdraw from
accept defeat
submit
concede defeat
give in
have no fight left
admit defeat
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid proceeding through reluctance
hang back
hesitate
dither
vacillate
waver
demur
teeter
wabble
falter
halt
scruple
stagger
wobble
hover
lag
linger
pause
procrastinate
straggle
hold back
shilly-shally
hang fire
hold off
shrink back
stay back
drag your feet
drag your heels
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
stall
delay
fluctuate
haver
swither
oscillate
dawdle
equivocate
temporize
US
dally
wait
hedge
alternate
shillyshally
tergiversate
dillydally
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
defer
deliberate
be doubtful
baulk
UK
ponder
debate
be unsure
be reluctant
be uncertain
boggle
doubt
be unwilling
stop
temporise
UK
dilly-dally
weigh
hang
think twice
balk
US
pull back
sit on fence
be indecisive
be hesitant
flounder
hem and haw
mammer
hum and haw
think about
blow hot and cold
be undecided
balance
tarry
pussyfoot around
sit on the fence
be irresolute
prevaricate
yo-yo
take one's time
stonewall
filibuster
waffle
drag
poke
play for time
take your time
be ambivalent
be in two minds
waste time
use delaying tactics
put off
beat about the bush
flip-flop
sway
diddle
trifle
crawl
creep
loiter
lollygag
mope
lallygag
faff about
get cold feet
chop and change
hang around
hang about
run hot and cold
change mind
be unable to make up your mind
beat around the bush
see-saw
play a waiting game
change
vary
dodge
postpone
idle
quibble
express misgivings
express reluctance
express reservations
flannel
faff around
have doubts
while away time
hesitate over
buy time
gain time
mince words
stay put
mark time
kill time
be unable to decide
wait and see
keep changing your mind
lag behind
second-guessing yourself
goof off
kick the can down the road
parry questions
put off doing something
mess about
dodge the issue
let the grass grow under one's feet
be non-committal
fudge the issue
evade the issue
be dilatory
duck the question
go from one extreme to the other
potter
swing
refuse
shy
jib
loll
slouch
be on the horns of a dilemma
move slowly
mess around
putter
um and ah
be on the fence
will and will not
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
doubt yourself
be cagey
goldbrick
cool
be long
sit around
fool around
be tardy
stay
plod
totter
palter
postpone action
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
suspend action
wait around
be tentative
hang on
be slow
fall behind
horse around
potter round
potter around
potter about
not keep pace
be divided
feel uncertain
wonder about
dance around
whiffle waffle
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
fudge
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
have reservations about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
back and fill
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
beg the question
feel uneasy about
evade
bide
sidestep
weasel
duck
avoid
tergiverse
shuck
distract
divert
warm a chair
goof around
hang round
lose time
get no place fast
cop out
be noncommittal
pass the buck
cop a plea
sidestep the issue
be vague
hedge your bets
shuffle around
be evasive
give the run around
avoid the issue
hold over
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