shrink from

Verb

Meaning

avoid (one's assigned duties)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shun boggle hate punt recoil fiddle hesitate dread detest balk loathe flinch abhor shirk abominate
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Antonyms

adore prize interact treasure relish cherish
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Hypernyms

avoid

Hyponyms

slack skulk malinger scrimshank

Examples

I don't think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for. Norman Mailer

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find. Colin Powell

'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind. William Wordsworth

Men who shrink from penetration of the female body are paralyzed by justifiable apprehension, since they are returning to our uncanny site of origin. Camille Paglia

Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you will never know. Thomas Hardy

We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth - but neither shall we shrink from that risk any time it must be faced. John F. Kennedy

Close letter words and terms

shrink away shrink back shrink film shrink in size shrink rate shrink ray