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Synonyms for shrug
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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

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  1. List of paraphrases for "shrug":

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  1. 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.

  2. James Comey:

    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, right ? 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.

  3. Larry Sabato:

    This is a shrug of the shoulders.

  4. 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.

  5. Alexandra Kartokhina:

    As for these eternal squabbles that students from Crimea are taking university places from Russians, I can say only that it's completely absurd, and let me say that they have only allocated budgeted places for Crimean students to some universities and in some specialisms, which are often not the best. In some universities, questions about quotas are met with a shrug and a puzzled look.


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  • هز كتفيهArabic
  • encongiment d'espatllesCatalan, Valencian
  • pokrčit ramenyCzech
  • trække på skuldrene, skuldertrækDanish
  • mit den Schultern zucken, mit den Achseln zucken, Achselzucken, SchulterzuckenGerman
  • encogimiento de hombros, encogerse de hombrosSpanish
  • kohauttaa, olankohautusFinnish
  • hausser les épaules, haussement d'épaulesFrench
  • crath, crathadhScottish Gaelic
  • scrollare, stringere le spalleItalian
  • 肩を竦める, 肩を窄めるJapanese
  • schouderophalenDutch
  • wzruszyć ramionamiPolish
  • encolher os ombros, dar de ombros, encolhida de ombrosPortuguese
  • пожимать плечами, пожать плечами, пожимание плечамиRussian
  • слегнути раменима, slegnuti ramenima, slijeganje ramenima, слијегање раменимаSerbo-Croatian
  • rycka på axlarna, axelryckningSwedish
  • தோள்கள்Tamil
  • ยักThai
  • omuz silkmekTurkish
  • 耸耸肩Chinese

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