Averse
[ə'vɜːs] or [ə'vɝs]
Definition
(a.) Turned away or backward.
(a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
(v. t. & i.) To turn away.
Typed by Elbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed.
Checker: Percy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hostile, disinclined, indisposed, repugnant, backward, unwilling, reluctant,loath
ANT:Ready, disposed, eager, prone, inclined, desirous
Checked by Dolores
Definition
adj. having a disinclination or hatred (with to; from is however still used): disliking: turned away from anything: turned backward; (her.) turned so as to show the back as of a right hand.—n. Aversā′tion (obs.).—adv. Averse′ly.—n. Averse′ness.
Edited by Charlene
Examples
- Intelligence and spirit are not often combined with steadiness; the stolid, fearless, nature is averse to intellectual toil. Plato. The Republic.
- The more he suffers, the more averse he will be to me, having made me the principal representative of the great occasion of his suffering. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was a poor, empty-headed, spiritless woman--what you call a born drudge--and I was now and then not averse to plaguing her by taking Anne away. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I was not averse to doing this, as it served to make me and my boat a commoner incident among the water-side people there. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- No, he was averse to it also. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Count looked after him with a smiling face, and then devoted himself to Eunice, who was by no means averse to receiving his attentions. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I cannot admire his taste, I remarked, if it is indeed a fact that he was averse to a marriage with so charming a young lady as this Miss Turner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is very abstemious, hardly ever touching alcohol, caring little for meat, but fond of fruit, and never averse to a strong cup of coffee or a good cigar. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I am averse to useless massacre. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is not saying too much: I know what I feel, and how averse are my inclinations to the bare thought of marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You are not averse to this trip, Watson? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself was averse to the idea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thirdly, because Anastatia is a little superstitious on the subject and feels averse to my giving away anybody until baby is old enough to be married. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I shall not be suspected of being averse to the Greek cause; I know and feel its necessity; it is beyond every other a good cause. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The mother is a lady of some station, though not averse to increasing her income. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The undisciplined mind is averse to suspense and intellectual hesitation; it is prone to assertion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The chances are that she would be as averse to its being seen by Mr. Godfrey Norton, as our client is to its coming to the eyes of his princess. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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