to avaunt

Examples

• All

• The wizard raised his staff and shouted, 'avaunt, foul creature!'

• In old tales, heroes would avaunt evil spirits with a single word.

• Why must you avaunt in my presence?

• Can you please avaunt that annoying noise?

• The wizard raised his staff and shouted, 'avaunt, foul creature!'

• The knight commanded, 'avaunt from this place, lest you face my sword!'

• In old tales, heroes would avaunt evil spirits with a single word.

Synonyms

E

to expel

vsto avaunt

194 5.0

Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order

is an exclamatory order, not necessarily an official or permanent removal

B

to banish

vsto avaunt

107 6.3

Force someone to leave a place or group and not let them return

is a short loud order to depart, not a formal lifelong exclusion

D

to drive away

vsto avaunt

71 3.4

To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away

is a direct exclamation ordering someone to depart

E

to eject

vsto avaunt

32 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

is a verbal exclamation used to order departure rather than physical removal

Antonyms

W

to welcome

583 1.0

Greet someone in a friendly way when they arrive

How Forceful

to banish

107 6.3

to avaunt

• Archaic

9.9

to expel

194 5.0

to send away

43 3.0

to show someone the door

• Informal

5 6.4

to shoo

• Informal

35 7.0

Surface Forms

Etymology