🧙 Go away 🧙 To banish

avaunt

9.9

A strong old-fashioned word that tells someone to go away

interjection
/əˈvɔnt/

Archaic

: ¡fuera!

The wizard raised his staff and cried, 'avaunt! Leave this sacred ground at once!'

Examples

Avaunt, you scoundrel!
He waved his hand and shouted 'avaunt!' to the approaching stranger.
In the old play, the villain is banished with a loud 'avaunt!' from the hero.
With a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Avaunt!"
Avaunt, you scoundrel! No one wants to hear your lies.
The knight shouted, "Avaunt! Leave this place at once!"
With a wave of his hand, the wizard commanded, "Avaunt, foul spirit!"

Synonyms

to shoo away

vsavaunt

5 4.1

To make people or animals go away by waving your hand

is an old-fashioned spoken command rather than a gentle gesture to drive away

to sod off

vsavaunt

Offensive

3 9.9

Tell someone to go away in a rude way

is an old-fashioned instruction rather than a vulgar rude order

away with you

vsavaunt

9.6

To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way

is an old-fashioned command rather than a direct rude order

away with someone

vsavaunt

9.9

Tells someone angrily to go away

is an old-fashioned command rather than blunt modern dismissal

skiddoo

vsavaunt

Archaic

9.9

A short spoken word telling someone to go away now

is an old-fashioned command rather than an informal immediate shout

Antonyms

to stay

∞ 1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

Surface Forms

avaunt main

Etymology

Avaunt comes from old French a- + avant, which meant 'forward' or 'away' and shares the same root as advance. So shouting avaunt was a strong way to say 'be gone' and order someone to leave.