2
nauseate(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
2
scruple(verb, stop, have, stick, object)
2
spit upon(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, scorn)
2
vacillate(verb, stick, object, pause, shy)
1
abhor(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
1
abominate(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
1
alternate(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
1
avoid(adverb, shun, shirk)
1
balance(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
1
balk(verb, stick, object, pause, protest)
1
be disinclined
1
be irresolute(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
1
be loth(verb, adverb)
1
begrudge(verb, mind, wish, envy, resent)
1
blow hot and cold(verb, expression, idiom, pause, falter)
1
boggle(verb, stick, question, pause, shy)
1
contemn(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
1
curse(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
1
dally(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
1
debate(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
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