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[ es-choo ] / ɛsˈtʃu / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eschew ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil. Origin of eschew1300–50; Middle English eschewen<Old French eschiver,eschever<Germanic; compare Old High German sciuhen,German scheuchen,shy 2SYNONYMS FOR eschewcircumvent, boycott; forgo. SEE SYNONYMS FOR eschew ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM eschewes·chew·al, nounes·chew·er, nounun·es·chewed, adjectiveWords nearby eschewEscher, Escher figure, Escherichia, Escherichia coli, Escher, M. C., eschew, eschscholtzia, escitalopram oxalate, Escoffier, escolar, Escondido Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eschewOf all the female celebrities to eschew the feminist label, Susan Sarandon seemed a most unlikely candidate. Susan Sarandon Says She’s Not a Feminist: Why She Dumped the Label|Lizzie Crocker|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Stella McCartney has long been known to eschew animal-derived materials in her designs. Chelsea Clinton Takes NBC Reporting to the Next Level, Interviews Stella McCartney|Misty White Sidell|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Like Americans did when they elected Barack Obama, we should eschew our old shibboleths and forge ahead on a revolutionary path. A Moderate Coalition: Include Arab Parties|Daniel Gavron|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST You eschew ostentation when times are good, and you pay your fair share of the cost when times are bad. Now All Americans Are Losing Ground|David Frum|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Generally speaking, I eschew Super Bowl parties, and for two reasons. Michael Tomasky Says Move the Super Bowl to Saturday|Michael Tomasky|February 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST The very philosophy which makes such a man seek the quiet, makes him eschew the inutility of the hermitage. Devereux, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton Their rents are paid—their grass is letting—they are content—they eschew inquiry. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851|Various Would not a man be a fool to eschew the pleasures of life when fortune is ready to spill them into his lap for him? Under Handicap|Jackson Gregory Our wives ne be not arrayed for to make no man pleasance, but only convenable array for to eschew folly. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville He taught us to "liberate the gentler element in oneself," to eschew what was base and brutal, unholy and unkind. Matthew Arnold|G. W. E. Russell
British Dictionary definitions for eschew
verb(tr) to keep clear of or abstain from (something disliked, injurious, etc); shun; avoid Derived forms of escheweschewal, nouneschewer, nounWord Origin for eschewC14: from Old French eschiver, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German skiuhan to frighten away; see shy 1, skew Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eschewabandon, renounce, avoid, forgo, forswear, shun, shy away from, swear off, shy, abstain, double, sacrifice, abjure, refrain, elude, evade, duck, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone |