Synonyms of turned away

turned away

verb

past tense of turn away

as in turned back

to drive back

using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turned back
• repulsed
• repelled
• resisted
• beat off
• fought
• rebutted
• fended (off)
• staved off
• opposed
• held off
• deflected
• stood off
• withstood
• warded (off)
• defied
• spurned
• rebuffed
• snubbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• embraced
• welcomed
• hailed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turned away

Trans*cendent’s entry fee is sliding scale for the trans community with nobody turned away for lack of funds, important given that trans people statistically make much less money than other members of the LGBTQ community. — Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Past lending scrutiny for Wells Fargo While the new federal probe looks into whether minority buyers received preferential terms, earlier reports this year focused on claims that minority applicants were unfairly turned away. — Chase Jordan october 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

The plane was told to wait for clearance from the Jordanian military and then turned away. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

The veteran goaltender turned away anything and everything Carolina sent his way in his return to the Panthers. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

He is turned away until Jeremy Culhane’s Jake welcomes him in, and starts to sing. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026

But 640 qualified applicants were turned away from the school’s nursing program in the last academic year because of a lack of capacity, according to college data. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026