Words and phrases that have a meaning related to shirk: (132 results)
Often used in the same context:
absolve, abdicate, ignore, forsake, resile, shun, accept, concede, underplay, abandon, scold, assume, meddle, flinch, confront, renege, forget, uphold, usurp, sidestep, evade, moralize, disobey, fulfill, misunderstand, reprove, dissimulate, punish, mollycoddle, flout, pretend, micromanage, arrogate, abrogate, resist, legislate, waver, overstep, moralise, distract, shortchange, criticize, equivocate, downplay, belittle, acquiesce, trample, renounce, relent, overlook, transgress, underestimate, overemphasise, impute, shying, eschew, vilify, dodge, tolerate, exonerate, disavow, deny, wriggle, coddle, foist, behove, defy, exculpate, externalise, ostracise, squander, refuse, overprotect, condescend, underrate, demur, refrain, betray, shouldering, overpraise, castigate, politicize, sentimentalise, chastise, relinquish, deflect, begrudge, chide, acknowledge, badmouth, take, undertake, disabuse, admit, ride roughshod, defend, insist, condone, disclaim, dissuade, verbalise, forego, bonanza, bums, glutton, spendthrifts, troublemaker, absentees, accessions, bedlam, benefice, benefices, blockhead, bombshell, bootlegger, bugs, bum, cadences, consonance, consonances
More specific:
malinger, scrimshank, skulk, slack
More general:
abstain from, avoid, desist from, forbear from, keep from, refrain from
Synonyms:
Also try:shrink from, ware
— Adjectives for shirk: lazy, nosed, major, incorrigible, indolent, absolute, minor, hidden, great, regular, richmore...
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