What does averted mean?
Averted means Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling..
Averted
/əˈvɝtɪd/ · adjective
Meaning
Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling..
Definitions by Sense
- Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
- (also heraldry) Turned or directed away (from something).
- simple past and past participle of avert
Example Sentences
It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]
[...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]
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Word Forms
- more averted
- most averted
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It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]
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