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What is another word for
shying away
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Present participle for to draw back in fear, cringe, or back down
Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Present participle for to dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
Present participle for to fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
Present participle for to shy away from, or have misgivings about
Present participle for to show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
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Verb
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Present participle for to draw back in fear, cringe, or back down
recoiling
flinching
shrinking
retreating
cowering
cringing
drawing back
backing away
backing off
pulling back
blenching
falling back
quailing
blanching
withdrawing
shrinking back
starting
wincing
shying
squinching
retiring
getting cold feet
faltering
wavering
shuddering
groveling
US
grovelling
UK
receding
backing out
shrinking away
pulling out
quaking
crouching
clearing out
taking fright
stepping back
moving back
moving away
turning tail
showing fear
giving ground
hiding
shaking with fear
ducking
dodging
trembling
quivering
shaking
hesitating
shivering
going backward
baulking
UK
balking
US
refusing
springing back
jerking back
hanging back
jumping back
slinking
starting back
regressing
backpedalling
UK
giving way
crawfishing
backpedaling
US
losing ground
bolting
splitting
legging it
vamoosing
running away
leaving
escaping
making off
hightailing it
running
peeling out
scarpering
quitting
taking off
running for it
resiling
cutting and run
beating it
turning away
fleeing
running off
having cold feet
drooping
fainting
disengaging
beating a retreat
taking flight
retracting
beating a hasty retreat
departing
going away
dropping out
skedaddling
scraming
scramming
opting out
withdrawing from
decamping
abandoning
going back
flying
moving further off
pulling the plug
bowing out
bailing out
contracting out
drawing away
flowing back
getting out
skipping off
exiting
backing down
wriggling out
hooking it
evacuating
retroceding
moving out
opting out of
making oneself scarce
distancing oneself
pulling away
defecting
revolting
retrograding
going down
returning
ebbing
retrogressing
excluding oneself
delinking
dissociating
weaseling out
abstracting
weaselling out
disassociating
giving up
abstracting oneself
chucking
stopping participating
stopping participating in
bowing out of
detaching yourself
detaching
stepping down from
absenting yourself
seceding
resigning from
pulling out of
walking away from
packing in
resigning
backing out of
receding from
forsaking
disengaging from
scratching from
pulling
taking to your heels
showing a clean pair of heels
making a getaway
folding
flying the coop
making a break for it
breaking
bugging out
going
vacating
lighting out
doing a fade
heading for the hills
making a run for it
levanting
making a quick exit
eluding
taking a powder
evading
doing a bunk
doing a runner
cutting out
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“He doesn't
shy away
from matchups against star players and is the team's nastiest lineman.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
baulking
UK
balking
US
eschewing
desisting
disdaining
jibbing
resisting
scorning
shrinking from
refusing
demurring from
quailing at
refusing to
drawing back from
jibbing at
reining in
scrupling to
shying from
stopping short
turning down
hating to
taking exception to
drawing the line at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
flinching
evading
avoiding
shrinking
demurring
dodging
shying
eschewing
shirking
eluding
escaping
shunning
hanging back
quailing at
turning away
backing away
drawing back
baulking at
boggling at
fighting shy of
jibbing at
recoiling
sheering
spurning
rejecting
forsaking
repudiating
abandoning
abdicating
balking at
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
shying away from
staying clear of
recoiling from
turning away from
turning your back on
having nothing to do with
shrinking from
steering clear of
giving a wide berth to
disowning
refusing
deserting
casting aside
turning back on
opting out
abjuring
forgoing
renouncing
forswearing
relinquishing
sacrificing
disavowing
abnegating
abstaining
dropping
disdaining
ducking
kicking
denying
disclaiming
refraining from
refraining
shaking
gainsaying
scaping
disaffirming
finessing
giving up
reneging on
dispensing with
letting well enough alone
not touching
shuffling out of
packing in
keeping clear of
jacking in
swearing off
getting around
abstaining from
having no truck with
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
bottling out
failing
chickening out
backing down
shrinking from
wimping out
falling at the first fence
losing courage
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shy away from, or have misgivings about
shrinking
demurring
dithering
faltering
wavering
balking
US
baulking
UK
hesitating
scrupling
disrelishing
scrupling about
having misgivings about
having qualms about
having scruples about
hesitating to
vacillating about
fighting shy of
hanging back
thinking twice about
baulking at
hating to
quailing at
shying away from
wavering about
boggling at
minding doing something
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
rebelling
recoiling
flinching
shrinking
feeling repugnance
shrinking from
flinching from
pulling back
showing repugnance
pulling back from
shying away from
baulking at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
hanging back
hesitating
dithering
vacillating
wavering
demurring
teetering
wabbling
faltering
halting
scrupling
staggering
wobbling
hovering
lagging
lingering
pausing
procrastinating
straggling
holding back
shilly-shallying
hanging fire
holding off
shrinking back
staying back
dragging your feet
dragging your heels
staying in the background
delaying
stalling
fluctuating
havering
swithering
oscillating
dawdling
equivocating
temporizing
US
dallying
waiting
hedging
alternating
tergiversating
dillydallying
seesawing
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
deliberating
thinking twice
sitting on fence
baulking
UK
mammering
pondering
hemming and hawing
stopping
temporising
UK
pulling back
thinking about
boggling
doubting
humming and hawing
balking
US
weighing
dilly-dallying
floundering
hanging
debating
balancing
blowing hot and cold
sitting on the fence
pussyfooting around
yo-yoing
changing
running hot and cold
keeping changing your mind
changing mind
wasting time
waffling
getting cold feet
see-sawing
faffing about
swinging
straddling
fence-straddling
flip-flopping
chopping and changing
whiffling
trifling
hanging around
messing around
umming and ahing
dodging
hanging about
whiffling waffling
swaying
varying
paltering
taking your time
slow-walking
playing for time
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