shy away from Synonyms

mind doing something have nothing to do with be averse to recoil from boggle at flinch from not touch have misgivings about have qualms about keep away from keep one's distance from stay away from give a wide berth to be afraid to be loath to be indisposed to scruple about have scruples about be diffident about be unwilling to be reluctant to stay shy of fight shy of shrink from eschew elude duck double dodge boggle avoid abstain abjure evade forgo forswear swear off shy shun shrink shirk sacrifice renounce refrain lest abandon