To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
To delay (a task, event, etc.).
To procrastinate.
To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.).
To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).
To distract; to disturb the concentration of.
daunted or fazed
offended, repulsed