Antonyms for turn away
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of turn away
- As in avert : verb thwart; avoid by turning away
- As in recoil : verb shrink away
- As in refuse : verb deny; say no
- As in ward/ward off : verb defend, guard
- As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
- As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
- As in alienate : verb cause unfriendliness, hostility
- Sylvia shuddered, but had not power to turn away her white face from his gaze.
- Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Did she desire this man, and hate him because he had touched her only to turn away?
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The faces that once looked kindly on him turn away from him with a frown.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- At first she was tempted to turn away her eye with carelessness and inattention.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- She was just going to turn away when Ruffo bent down to kiss her hand.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- He could not turn away his nephew, however, notwithstanding his manifest repugnance.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- Kate tried to turn away, but felt herself rooted to the spot.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- The Chevalier shrugged his shoulders and made as if to turn away.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- And he was about to turn away, when Garnache approached him by yet another step.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Buck watched him turn away to continue his survey of the horses.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
Synonyms for turn away
- avert
- avoid
- ax
- backfire
- balk
- beat off
- beg off
- blanch
- blench
- blink
- block
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- break off
- brush off
- bump
- can
- carom
- cashier
- check
- come between
- cringe
- decline
- deflect
- defrock
- demur
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- desist
- deter
- disaccord
- disaffect
- disallow
- disapprove
- discharge
- disemploy
- disfrock
- dispense with
- displace
- disqualify
- dissent
- disunite
- divert
- divide
- divorce
- dodge
- draw back
- drop
- duck
- estrange
- evade
- falter
- fend
- fend off
- fire
- flinch
- foil
- forestall
- frustrate
- furlough
- give notice to
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give thumbs down to
- give walking papers
- give warning
- halt
- hesitate
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- ignore
- impeach
- interrupt
- jerk
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep off
- kick
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- let out
- look away
- make excuses
- make indifferent
- nix
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- obviate
- oust
- parry
- part
- pass up
- pension
- pink-slip
- preclude
- prevent
- protest
- pull back
- put away
- quail
- quake
- react
- rebound
- rebuff
- rebut
- recall
- reel
- refuse to receive
- regret
- reject
- release
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- repulse
- resile
- retire
- rule out
- sack
- send off
- send packing
- send regrets
- separate
- set against
- set aside
- shake
- shelve
- shirk
- shove aside
- show someone the door
- shrink
- shudder
- shun
- shunt
- shut out
- shy away
- spring
- spurn
- start
- stave off
- step back
- stick
- stickle
- stop
- stymie
- suspend
- swerve
- terminate
- thwart
- tremble
- turn
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn down
- turn from
- turn off
- turn one's back on
- unfrock
- unseat
- ward off
- wash out
- waver
- wean
- wince
- withdraw
- withdraw the affections of
- withhold
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