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Synonyms for turn away
turn away
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Princeton's WordNet
turn awayverb
move so as not face somebody or something
deflect, bend, turn awayverb
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Synonyms:
distract, bow, avert, ward off, refuse, twist, bend, deform, obviate, fend off, stave off, block, debar, avoid, head off, forfend, stoop, forefend, parry, flex, deflect, reject, crouch, turn, turn downreject, turn down, turn away, refuseverb
refuse entrance or membership
"They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Synonyms:
freeze off, eliminate, rule out, avert, deflect, deny, resist, bend, winnow out, lower, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, defy, refuse, turn downavert, turn awayverb
turn away or aside
"They averted their eyes when the King entered"
Synonyms:
deflect, head off, refuse, obviate, forfend, forefend, avoid, turn down, stave off, fend off, bend, debar, ward off, reject, avert
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#1007 | turn | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1662 | block | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#6335 | bow | |
#6506 | bend | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7835 | twist | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8574 | reject | |
#9114 | flex | |
#9957 | resist | |
#21866 | parry | |
#26161 | crouch | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30316 | distract | |
#30654 | avert | |
#31947 | disapprove | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#47721 | stoop | |
#78074 | deform | |
#79750 | obviate | |
#113548 | spurn | |
#145048 | debar | |
#203490 | lour | |
#332329 | forfend |
How to use turn away in a sentence?
you look your woman in the eye and kill her by telling her the truth or you turn away and let her see what she wants. i try not to shake too much when i turn the lights out and the sobbing begins
It should also remind us all what is too easy to turn away from : there is evil in the world and the barbarians leading North Korea are a part of North Korea, one of the highlights of my time as secretary of state was bringing home three Americans from the clutches of such a regime. But the joy I felt that night was tempered by the knowledge that we could not do the same for Otto Warmbier and Otto Warmbier family. The promising future of Otto Warmbier was crushed by North Korea’s inhumanity. This makes our duty to remember Otto Warmbier so real for me. It would be fitting to name this street in New York City in honor of Otto Warmbier as a reminder to the North Koreans, and to the world, that America will never suffer brutal dictators without responding, that we value life and that we will not rest until those responsible for heinous actions like theirs have been confronted.
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, Where? What? and turn away.
How many members of our family, especially our older relatives, who are the people really vulnerable here, are we simply saying as a nation, we're going to turn away and ignore the challenges facing them ? I don't think that's right, so I understand people who say wow, this is an extraordinary sacrifice. It is, but if you don't slow this thing down, you'll sacrifice a lot more on the other end of the equation. We have to think about the human cost here.
Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut -- Animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph... Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?
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