Antonyms for shrug
ʃrʌgshrug

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Princeton's WordNet

1. shrugverb

   a gesture involving the shoulders

2. shrugverb

   raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

How to use shrug in a sentence?

1. James Comey:

   My reaction to it is actually disturbing to me, which is kind of,' Eh, there he goes again.' I thought I was' Lyin' James Comey' now I'm' Leakin' James Comey'. But I kind of shrug and sometimes smile and laugh about it and then I have a secondary reaction, which is to be horrified at my own numb reaction, we have to remind ourselves the President of the United States of America is publicly announcing that people are committing crimes, that they should be in jail.

2. William Copeland:

   If someone's maltreated, we tend to validate them, to tell them that it's not their fault, with bullying, it's sometimes the case that the response is a lot less supportive, more of a shrug.

3. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

   I am going to keep saying loud and clear that I am a feminist until it is met with a shrug.

4. Radha Stirling:

   There is no doubt that the UAE has detained people on behalf of foreign governments with whom they are allied, i don’t think they would at all shrug their shoulders to a request from such a powerful ally.

5. James Athey:

   Markets in general are still trying to find their feet, equities, of course, continue to shrug off or ignore anything that might be considered remotely negative as they continue their merry and complacent dance towards an inevitable reckoning.

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