eschew (redirected fromeschewals) Thesaurus es·chew (ĕ-sho͞o′, ĕs-cho͞o′) tr.v.es·chewed,es·chew·ing,es·chews 1.To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:"Italian tends to eschew the sort of polite euphemisms in which English glories"(David Leavitt)....