Averse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Averse is an adjective meaning Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
Meaning
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
More Meanings
- Turned away or backward.
- (heraldry) Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.
- (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
Example Sentences
The board is not averse to further talks.
The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.
The inconveniences aversing from clandestine marriages are pointedly depicted in the last two lines, teaching lessons of morality to all romantic babies.
“I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, […] is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.”
Word Forms
- averses
- aversing
- aversed
Synonyms for averse
Depending on context, synonyms include disliking, disinclined, fromward, unwilling, reluctant, loath.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antipathetic, loath, loth, disinclined, antipathetical, inimical.
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