Turn Away

Definition: Turn Away

Turn Away

Verb

1. Move so as not face somebody or something.

2. Turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest.

3. Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs".

4. Turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Turn Away

Avoidance

Avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against; (oppose); deny oneself.

Deviation

Stray, straggle; sidle; diverge; tralineate; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Inattention

Close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to; pay no attention to; dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind; drop the subject, think no more of; set aside, turn aside, put aside; turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon.

Relinquishment

Discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison; reject.

Crosswords: Turn Away

But I wont turn away, oh no (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away ("My Home's in Alabama"; performing artist: Alabama)

Tell me why would you turn away from my love (I'll Never Break Your Heart; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

What are those words whispered baby just as you turn away (BRILLIANT DISGUISE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

And when I get close, you turn away (Running Away; performing artist: Hoobastank)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Finding a Common Language: Children Living With Deafness (Don't Turn Away) (reference)

• Keeping Your Teen in Touch With God: Why Teens Turn Away from the Church and How You Can Prevent It (reference)

• Moments That Disappear: Children Living With Epilepsy (Don't Turn Away) (reference)

• On Our Own Terms: Children Living With Physical Handicaps (Don't Turn Away) (reference)

• One Day at a Time: Children Living With Leukemia (Don't Turn Away) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Do You Love: Run Away, Turn Away [CD/12"] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Don't Turn Away (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To turn away a poor girl who does her work honestly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

More than 100 million Russians are covered by free, state-financed medical insurance policies, which can turn away no applicant. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe

In rural areas, police and ZANU-PF supporters set up roadblocks to screen vehicles for known opposition supporters and to turn away persons who did not have ZANU-PF party cards. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

A speech the Prime Minister gave at a United Nations conference in Bangkok in late April, interpreted by many as calling for Thailand to turn away from trade and investment, sparked even greater concerns. (references)

Malawi

The government did not turn away refugees, but it did invoke the principle of "first country of asylum." Under this principle, refugees who requested asylum in another country first, or who had the opportunity to do so would not subsequently be granted asylum in Malawi. (references)

Trade

Argentina

As developing nations turn away from sovereign-guaranteed borrowing, ExIm Bank's project financing program is assisting U.S. exporters to compete in new international growth industries such as the development of private power, telecommunications and other infrastructure. (references)

Thailand

The U.S. Export-Import Bank established its Project Finance Division in June, 1994 . As developing nations turn away from sovereign-guaranteed borrowing, the Bank's project financing program will assist U.S. exporters to compete in new international growth industries such as the development of private power and other infrastructure . While such a financing structure has been used successfully in the past for oil and gas, mining, and power projects, the move toward "privatization" by sovereign entities has created new opportunities for U.S. exporters in telecommunication, transportation and other sectors . (references)

Women

Slovenia

The shelters operate at capacity (approximately 40 beds combined) and turn away numerous women. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "turn away": To turn away ♦ turn away from. Additional references.

Afrikaans

wegstuur (dismiss). (various references)

Albanian

nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), kthehem nga (turn, wend one's way back from), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn off, turn out), ‏صرف (absolute, chuck, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, double, downright, earn, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, resolve, scrape, shake, shrift, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, ward, ward off), ‏رد (answer, answer back, beat, counter, disallow, drive back, pay, pay back, put off, rebound, rebuff, rebut, rebuttal, rejoinder, render, repay, repayment, repercussion, reply, respond, response, retrieve, return, reverberate, reversion, riposte, spurn). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уволнявам (boot, cast, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense, drop, fire, grass, lay off, muster out, release, relieve, remove, retire, sack, send away, separate, shelve), отвръщам се от (turn from), отпращам (ask for leave, dismiss, kiss off, pack off, refer, send away, send off, send packing, turn), не одобрявам (damn, disapprove, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, disfavour, negative, object, object to), изгонвам (cast off, chase, clear off, dispossess, drive away, drive out, eject, evict, feeze, hunt out, lay, oust, put out, run off, see off, send away, send out, send packing, shoot out, spurn, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn out), извръщам. (various references)

Czech

propustit (discharge, dismiss, displace, let off, let out, relegate, remove, sack, turn off, unbend), odvrátit se, odehnat (brush away, chase away, flick off), odchýlit (deflect, divert, swerve, warp). (various references)

Danish

afsende (dismiss, dispatch, send off, ship). (various references)

Dutch

wegzenden (dismiss), wegsturen (dismiss), verzenden (dismiss, dispatch, send, send off, ship, transmit), versturen (dismiss), uitsturen (dismiss), pareren (reduce the price), keren (abduce, halt, stop, turn, turn around, turn round), afzenden (dismiss, dispatch, send off, ship), afwenden (abduce), afkeren, afdraaien (abase, abate, decrease, grind out, lower, rattle off, reel off). (various references)

Esperanto

forturni, forsendi (dismiss), deturni. (various references)

Faeroese

snara (loop, mesh, snare, turn, turn around, turn round), beina burtur (dispense with, do away with, get rid of, put away, remove, store, throw away). (various references)

Finnish

torjua luotaan (dismiss a thought from one's mind, keep at a distance, turn down), kääntää pois (avert, distract), käännyttää takaisin. (various references)

French

détourner. (various references)

Frisian

fuortstjoere (dismiss), ôfstjoere (dismiss, dispatch, send off, ship), ôfkeare (abduce), ôfdraaie. (various references)

German

abwenden (avert, head off, turn aside, ward off), abkehren (avert, sweep, sweep down, sweep off). (various references)

Greek 

απομακρύνω (alienate, dissociate, fend, oust, remove, stave off, take off, ward off). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"רחיק (abduce, alienate, dismiss, distance, keep afar, remove, sequester, stave off, warn off). (various references)

Hungarian

visszautasít (decline, defy, disallow, disavow, rebuff, refuse, reject, to decline, to except against, to rebuff, to refuse, to reject, to repel, to repudiate, to repulse, to throw back), elfordul (swivel, to angle, to defect, to deflect, to sheer off, to shunt, to slew, to slew round, to slue, to swivel, to traverse, to turn away, to turn from, turn, yaw), elfordít (avert, to angle, to avert, to deflect, to shunt, to slew, to slue, to switch, to turn, to turn away, to turn from). (various references)

Indonesian

berpaling. (various references)

Italian

allontanare (avert, depart, estrange, go off, remove, send away, stave off). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

逸らす (to avert, to turn away), 追い�"す (to send away, to turn away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おいかえす (to send away, to turn away), そらす (to avert, to bend, to curve, to turn away, to warp). (various references)

Manx

shaghney (avert, avoid, circumvent, circumvention, defer, deferment, delay, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, obviate, postponement, prevent, renounce, renunciation, repudiate, shirk, shirking, shun, varnish), chyndaa ersooyl (divert). (various references)

Pig Latin

urntay awayay

Portuguese

recusar ver, não deixar entrar, mandar embora (sack), fazer retirar, afastar-se (absent onself, depart, go away, hide, keep away, leave, retire, straggle, veer). (various references)

Romanian

se întoarce cu spatele, expedia (bundle, consign to, dispatch, expedite, forward, post, remit, send, ship, transmit). (various references)

Russian 

увольнять (discharge, dismiss, fire out, lay off, muster out, pay off, remove, retire, send packing, shelve, turn off), отворачиваться, прогонять (chase away, drive away, hunt away, send off, turn back). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udaljiti se (depart, digress, estrange, wander), otkloniti (eliminate, obviate, remove, salve), otići (depart, get over, go along, go away, go off, hive off, leave, pull out, push off, ship, take leave, take one's leave), odvratiti (answer back, avert, discourage, dissuade, distract, divert, head off), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean). (various references)

Spanish

despedir (abrogate, discard, discharge, dismiss, eject, fire, give notice, give off, give out, order off, pay off, release, sack, see out, send off, send out, shoot off, shoot out, stand off, throw, throw off, throw out), volver (abduce, call back, come back, cut back, get back, get in, go back, hark back, put back, return, ride back, throw back, to return, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, turn round, turning), parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, cease, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, end up, get, give up, gum up, halt, hold up, interrupt, lead, Parry, pull up, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, switch off, tie up, trap, turn off, ward off), expedir (abandon, abdicate, deal with, dismiss, dispatch, draw up, expedite, give up, issue, leave, make out, register, send, send away, send off, ship, ship off), enviar (consign, despatch, dismiss, dispatch, envoy, extend, forward, remit, send, send away, send off, ship, tap out, transmit), despachar (attend to, conclude, despatch, dismiss, dispatch, dispose of, expedite, finish, sack, see to, send, send off, serve, settle, ship, toss off, transmit), apartar (abduce, alienate, allure, avert, deviate, distract, divert, divide, draw aside, draw away, draw off, fob, head off, hold off, keep apart, look away, lure away, move aside, move away, move over, push away, refract, separate, set aside, shut off, stave off, take away, throw aside, to deviate, turn aside). (various references)

Swedish

vrida bort, vända bort (avert), avvisa (disallow, dismiss, meet, overrule, rebuff, reject, repulse, send away, set aside, spurn, throw over, turn down, wave aside), avskicka (dismiss). (various references)

Turkish

kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, drive out, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exclude, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, repulse, sack, send away, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn out), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, reverse, spurn, turn back), defetmek (banish, beat off, dispel, drive away, fence off, fend off, fight off, pack, pack off, repel, send smb. packing, send to the rightabout, stave off, vamoose, vamose), başka tarafa döndürmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

відвертатися (look away), відвертати (abstract, alienate, amuse, anticipate, avert, award, head off, preclude, prevent, ward), виганяти з роботи, проганяти (boo, chase, dismiss, drive, drive away, eject, send away). (various references)

ablegare, amandare, amoliri, declino, devertant, deverte, devertebat, devertere, deverterent, deverterunt, deverteruntque, devertit, diversa, diversam, diversarum, diversarumque, diversi, diversis, diverso, diversorum, diversos, diversum, diversus, divertentes, divertit, relegare, respuere, respuistis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: runaway.

-2 letters: ratany, runway, unwary, yantra.

-3 letters: antra, aunty, ratan, ruana, runty, tawny, unary, warty, yurta.

-4 letters: anta, arty, aunt, aura, away, awny, awry, nary, rant, raya, runt, tarn, tray, tuna, turn, want, wany, warn, wart, wary, waur, yarn, yawn, yuan, yurt.

-5 letters: ana, ant, any, art, awa, awn, naw, nay, nut, ran, rat, raw.

+5 letters: unwarrantably.