Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

    The board is not averse to further talks.

  2. Turned away or backward.

  3. Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.

  4. (obsolete)Lying on the opposite side (to or from).

More definitions
  • (usually followed by ‘to’) strongly opposed

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I'm not averse to meeting Tom.

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  2. This investment is not for the risk-averse.

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  3. I'm not averse to a good night out.

    deIch wäre nicht abgeneigt, am Abend schön auszugehen.

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  4. I am constitutionally averse to getting carried away with feelings.

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  5. To say that a cat is instinctively averse to water means that it is the cat's natural reaction towards it.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

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Forms

more averse, most averse
Comparativemore averse Lesson
Superlativemost averse Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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