Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shrink_from

1 sense of shrink from

Sense 1
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")
       => avoid -- (refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories")