fight+shy+of
91skedaddle — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, back out, beat a retreat, begone, boggle, bolt, career, chicken, chicken out, clear out, cut and run, cut out, dart, dash, decamp, depart, desert, desert under fire, dog it, elope, falter, fight… …
92stampede — Synonyms and related words: abject fear, accelerate, affright, alarm, awe, blue funk, boggle, bolt, bundle, bustle, charge, chase, confound, consternation, cowardice, crash, crowd, dash, discomfit, dismay, dispatch, dread, drive on, expedite,… …
93start — Synonyms and related words: A, activate, advance, advantage, aid, allowance, alpha, arise, assistance, attack, avoid, backing, base, basis, be off, be startled, beat, beget, begin, beginning, beginnings, birth, blanch, blast away, blast off,… …
94startle — Synonyms and related words: affright, alarm, alert, amaze, arouse, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, be startled, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bolt, bowl down, bowl over, confound, cry havoc, cry wolf, curdle the blood, daze, dazzle,… …
95eschew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shun, avoid (see avoidance). Ant., pursue. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shun, keep away from, abstain from; see abstain , avoid . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [es CHOO] stay away… …
96shun — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. avoid, elude, evade, eschew; cut, ignore; steer clear of. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dodge, evade, keep away from, ignore, neglect; see also avoid . Ant. accept, adopt*, take advantage… …
97avoid — v. a. 1. Shun (in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with. 2 …
98shrink — verb 1) the number of competitors shrank Syn: get smaller, become/grow smaller, contract, diminish, lessen, reduce, decrease, dwindle, decline, fall off, drop off Ant: expand, increase 2) …
99shun — verb he shunned publicity Syn: avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, keep one s distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with; snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold shoulder, ignore, look right… …
100avoid — v evade, elude, dodge, shun; escape, avert, parry; eschew, abstain, refrain, forbear; Inf. give the go by, stay away from, keep one s distance, steer clear of, go wide of, keep clear of; skirt, beat around the bush, hem and haw; shirk, funk,… …
