I do not eschew an elevated style of speech, especially when my interlocutors are themselves well read.
Source: tatoeba (2753181)
Eschew
//ɛsˈt͡ʃu//
Synonyms for "eschew" (44 found)
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46 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ontwyk verb (avoid, shun)
Albanian
1 entries- shmang verb (avoid, shun)
Armenian
1 entries- խուսափել verb (avoid, shun)
Bulgarian
2 entries- избягвам verb (avoid, shun)
- отбягвам verb (avoid, shun)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 回避 verb (avoid, shun)
Czech
4 entries- vyhnout se verb (avoid, shun)
- vyhýbat se verb (avoid, shun)
- vystříhat se verb (avoid, shun)
- vyvarovat se verb (avoid, shun)
Dutch
3 entries- ontwijken verb (avoid, shun)
- schuwen verb (avoid, shun)
- vermijden verb (avoid, shun)
Esperanto
3 entries- eviti verb (avoid, shun)
- forlasi verb (avoid, shun)
- negi verb (avoid, shun)
Finnish
2 entries- karttaa verb (avoid, shun)
- välttää verb (avoid, shun)
French
2 entries- esquiver verb (avoid, shun)
- éviter verb (avoid, shun)
German
2 entries- meiden verb (avoid, shun)
- scheuen verb (avoid, shun)
Greek
1 entries- αποφεύγω verb (avoid, shun)
Hebrew
1 entries- נמנע verb (avoid, shun)
Irish
1 entries- seachain verb (avoid, shun)
Italian
2 entries- rifuggire verb (avoid, shun)
- schivare verb (avoid, shun)
Macedonian
1 entries- ескивира verb (avoid, shun)
Middle English
1 entries- eschewen verb (avoid, shun)
Norwegian
1 entries- sky verb (avoid, shun)
Old English
1 entries- ætflēon verb (avoid, shun)
Portuguese
3 entries- esquivar verb (avoid, shun)
- evitar verb (avoid, shun)
- renegar verb (avoid, shun)
Romanian
2 entries- evita verb (avoid, shun)
- ocoli verb (avoid, shun)
Russian
2 entries- избега́ть verb (avoid, shun)
- сторони́ться verb (avoid, shun)
Slovak
1 entries- vyhýbať sa verb (avoid, shun)
Spanish
1 entries- evitar verb (avoid, shun)
Swedish
2 entries- sky verb (avoid, shun)
- undvika verb (avoid, shun)
Ukrainian
4 entries- сторони́тися verb (avoid, shun)
- уника́ти verb (avoid, shun)
- ухиля́тися verb (avoid, shun)
- цура́тися verb (avoid, shun)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.
Source: tatoeba (3297852)
It costs nothing to be specific, and doing so works better in the Tatoeba context, where the basic unit is a sentence that should be able to stand on its own without mental contortions to screw out a possible meaning from an otherwise meaningless sentence. Let's eschew the baroque and make things easy for language learners.
Source: tatoeba (10246896)
And peraduenture my lady the quene sente for hym to that entente that syr Launcelot shold come to her good grace pryuely and secretely wenynge to her that hit was best so to do in eschewyng & dredyng of sklaunder "And peradventure my lady, the queen, sent for him to that intent that Sir Launcelot should come to her good grace privily and secretly, weening to her that it was best so to do, in eschewing and dreading of slander"
Source: wiktionary
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