Definition for Shied:

• imp. & amp; p. p. of Shy.

Synonyms for Shied:

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • evade,
  • skip town,
  • circumlocute,
  • withdraw,
  • escape,
  • shirk,
  • keep clear,
  • step aside,
  • eschew,
  • ward off,
  • shrink from,
  • weave,
  • shake,
  • stay away,
  • give the slip,
  • skirt,
  • obviate,
  • hold off,
  • hide,
  • turn aside,
  • deflect,
  • abstain,
  • circumvent,
  • avert,
  • shun,
  • bypass,
  • desist,
  • shy,
  • dodge,
  • elude,
  • duck,
  • skip*,
  • jump,
  • steer clear of,
  • fend off,
  • fake out,
  • sidestep,
  • flee,
  • recoil,
  • divert,
  • shuffle off,
  • run for cover,
  • shake and bake,
  • shake off,
  • stay out,
  • skip out on,
  • ditch,
  • lay low.
  •balk (verb)
  • refuse,
  • cramp,
  • resist,
  • turn down,
  • crimp,
  • demur,
  • flinch,
  • upset apple cart,
  • hesitate.
  •cast (verb)
  • drive,
  • launch,
  • heave,
  • fling,
  • peg,
  • bung,
  • sling,
  • shed,
  • impel,
  • pitch,
  • fire*,
  • lob,
  • hurl,
  • boot,
  • drop,
  • thrust,
  • project,
  • toss,
  • chuck.
  •chuck (verb)
  • desert,
  • forsake,
  • eject,
  • eighty-six,
  • junk,
  • can,
  • renounce,
  • relinquish,
  • flip,
  • quit,
  • give the heave ho,
  • jettison,
  • fire,
  • abandon,
  • discard,
  • scrap,
  • reject,
  • slough,
  • cast.
  •cringe (verb)
  • kneel,
  • blench,
  • crouch,
  • quiver,
  • draw back,
  • wince,
  • quail,
  • shrink,
  • start,
  • tremble,
  • cower,
  • stoop,
  • grovel,
  • crawl,
  • eat dirt.
  •decline (verb)
  • balk,
  • dismiss,
  • reprobate,
  • gainsay,
  • deny,
  • send regrets,
  • spurn,
  • not think of,
  • don't buy,
  • abjure,
  • disapprove,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • pass on,
  • not hear of,
  • beg to be excused,
  • forbear,
  • not accept,
  • refrain,
  • repudiate,
  • forgo,
  • avoid,
  • nix.
  •deflect (verb)
  • disperse,
  • keep off,
  • fend,
  • pivot,
  • veer,
  • diverge,
  • curve,
  • deviate,
  • whirl,
  • wheel,
  • twist,
  • slip,
  • whip,
  • parry,
  • ricochet,
  • volte-face,
  • hook,
  • bend,
  • slew,
  • wind,
  • cover up,
  • swerve,
  • sheer,
  • sidetrack,
  • glance off.
  •demur (verb)
  • oppose,
  • wait and see,
  • dispute,
  • combat,
  • stickle,
  • doubt,
  • hem and haw,
  • fight,
  • stick,
  • object,
  • scruple,
  • challenge,
  • take exception,
  • pause,
  • remonstrate,
  • deprecate,
  • protest,
  • strain,
  • waver,
  • complain,
  • pussyfoot,
  • vacillate,
  • cavil.
  •deviate (verb)
  • turn,
  • get around,
  • take a turn,
  • go amiss,
  • divagate,
  • go out of control,
  • go haywire,
  • swim against stream,
  • depart,
  • drift,
  • not conform,
  • circumlocate,
  • depart from,
  • angle off,
  • digress,
  • bend the rules,
  • part,
  • contrast,
  • err,
  • edge off,
  • vary,
  • go out of way,
  • break pattern,
  • wander,
  • go off on tangent,
  • leave beaten path,
  • aberrate,
  • differ,
  • bear off.
  •dissent (verb)
  • divide,
  • put up an argument,
  • say no way,
  • say nothing doing,
  • argue,
  • pettifog,
  • discord,
  • put up a fight,
  • buck,
  • wrangle,
  • fly in the face of,
  • contradict,
  • break with,
  • decline,
  • say not a chance,
  • disaccord.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • Jibed,
  • Recoiled,
  • disgraced,
  • Flinched,
  • Shotted,
  • Darted,
  • Quieted,
  • Blenched,
  • yellowed,
  • balked,
  • trialed,
  • Shirked,
  • put right,
  • chucked,
  • heaved,
  • tried,
  • drew back,
  • Pelted,
  • made amends,
  • made good,
  • Blinked,
  • Dodged,
  • Winced,
  • Jerked,
  • Propelled,
  • made up for,
  • projected,
  • Flung,
  • discharged,
  • started,
  • Coyed,
  • Tossed,
  • Fainted,
  • safed,
  • compensated for,
  • shamed,
  • Jumped,
  • pitched,
  • Hurled,
  • Jibbed.

Paraphrases for Shied:

• Independent

  • Verb, past participle
    Benefited, drawn, learned, Learnt, Reached, Borne, Dragged, gone, pulled.

Antonyms for Shied:

• v.

  • avoid
    want, face, seek, meet.
  • cast
    gather, catch.
  • chuck
    keep.
  • cringe
    come forward.
  • decline
    say yes, accept.
  • demur
    consent, agree, go along.
  • deviate
    go straight, stay.
  • dissent
    concur, endorse, approve, ratify, assent, sanction, authorize.

Shied Sentence Examples:

• Be that as it may, I, having a pistol with me, shot at the bird, and, though I was as good a shot as any thereabouts, missed, and away it flew, with a great hoot as of laughter, which I am ready to swear I heard multiplied in a trice, as if the bird were joined by a whole company, and my horse shied again and would have bolted had I not held him tightly.

• He has shied at the hypothesis, not at its implications.