eschew

Speech parts

1. eschew - Adjective

2. eschew - Verb

Meaning

To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.

To escape from; to avoid.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shun dodge duck distance avoid stop escape drop sacrifice reject deny quit refrain renounce evade
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Antonyms

like court attempt face address accept
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Hypernyms

avoid

Related terms

shy

Derivatives

eshewed eshewing

Anagrams

Schewe Wesche

Examples

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. Ernest Hemingway

I react to what is necessary. I would like to eschew any formula. John Kenneth Galbraith

If we continue to eschew science ... we are not going to move forward. We will not embrace natural laws. We will not make discoveries. We will not invent and innovate and stay ahead. Bill Nye

Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal forgetting that which is temporary. Chanakya

Additionally one is to eschew emphasis in the development of textualist and intentionalist arguments about the law though some of this is visible in scholarship on the Aqdas. Source: Internet

Against the foregoing backdrop, it is expedient to appeal to Nigerians in this context to eschew the mindset of making others insecure and nervous throughout the season. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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