Synonyms for Shy away:

• v.

  •blench (verb)
  • quaver.
  •hang back (verb)
  • shrink back,
  • trail,
  • drop back,
  • stay back,
  • hang fire,
  • straggle,
  • lag behind,
  • hang off,
  • procrastinate,
  • drop behind.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • fumble,
  • sit on fence,
  • doubt,
  • weigh,
  • think twice,
  • stammer,
  • pull back,
  • swerve,
  • stutter,
  • be reluctant,
  • tergiversate,
  • hover,
  • hold off,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • be irresolute,
  • stumble,
  • ponder,
  • shift,
  • demur,
  • scruple,
  • shrink,
  • dither,
  • waffle,
  • hold back,
  • flounder,
  • falter,
  • hedge,
  • waver,
  • alternate,
  • debate,
  • defer,
  • stop,
  • seesaw,
  • vacillate,
  • think about,
  • be unwilling,
  • dillydally,
  • straddle,
  • oscillate,
  • dally,
  • pussyfoot,
  • delay,
  • linger,
  • hem and haw,
  • hang,
  • fluctuate,
  • equivocate,
  • balance,
  • pause.
  •recoil (verb)
  • quail,
  • quake,
  • step back,
  • shake,
  • backfire,
  • tremble,
  • shirk,
  • turn away,
  • blanch,
  • jerk,
  • carom,
  • rebound,
  • start,
  • reel,
  • spring,
  • kick,
  • blink,
  • shudder,
  • stick,
  • stickle,
  • resile,
  • react.
  •turn (verb)
  • digress,
  • regress,
  • call off,
  • move,
  • pivot,
  • inverse,
  • depart,
  • whip,
  • transform,
  • alter,
  • diverge,
  • loop,
  • relapse,
  • curve,
  • invert,
  • swirl,
  • backslide,
  • zigzag,
  • switch,
  • deviate,
  • tack,
  • sidetrack,
  • convert,
  • about-face,
  • veer,
  • upset,
  • vary,
  • detour,
  • twist,
  • direct,
  • sway,
  • wheel,
  • aim,
  • whirl,
  • retrace,
  • change,
  • revert,
  • detract,
  • incline,
  • subvert,
  • capsize,
  • return,
  • double back,
  • sheer,
  • swing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disinclination,
  • scorn,
  • deign.
  •
  • grudge,
  • repel.
  •
  • balk.
  •flinch
  • blench.
  •hang back
  • drops behind,
  • hanging fire,
  • hangs fire,
  • lagging behind,
  • dropping behind.
  •hesitate
  • thinks about,
  • dithered,
  • dithering,
  • Floundered,
  • thinking twice,
  • Hesitated,
  • Stammered,
  • pulling back,
  • thought about,
  • thinking about,
  • pulled back,
  • pulls back.
  •recoil
  • stickles,
  • turning away,
  • Stickled,
  • Stickling,
  • Flinched,
  • Winced,
  • turned away,
  • turns away.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cower,
  • fence,
  • wince,
  • flinch,
  • back down,
  • step aside,
  • sidestep,
  • backtrack,
  • beg the question,
  • cringe,
  • retreat,
  • duck,
  • shy,
  • retire,
  • draw back,
  • back up,
  • sheer off,
  • shrink from,
  • ward off,
  • back out,
  • back away,
  • withdraw,
  • parry,
  • back,
  • turn tail,
  • dodge,
  • abandon,
  • back off.

Antonyms for Shy away:

• v.

  • blench
    calm.
  • hang back
    forge ahead.
  • hesitate
    expedite, meet, stay, persist, go, do well, carry on, agree, resolve, hasten, hurry, advance, continue, rush, remain, attack, persevere, go along, go ahead, face.
  • recoil
    steady.
  • turn
    hold, keep, stagnate, progress, straighten, grow, make well, lose, develop.