Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.

    Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.

    Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear.

    Abneigung, Vorbehalt, Widerwillen

    отвраще́ниеotvraščénije, неприя́тиеneprijátije, неприя́зньneprijáznʹ

    відра́заvidráza, оги́даohýda, непри́язньneprýjaznʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)An object of dislike or repugnance.

    Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.

    a feeling of intense dislike

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of turning away from an object.

    the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

Examples

13 sentences
  1. She felt an aversion to him.

    ruОна чувствовала к нему отвращение.

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  2. I developed an aversion toward seafood.

    ruУ меня выработалось отвращение к морепродуктам.

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  3. Arrogance has always been my pet aversion.

    deArroganz war mir immer ein besonderes Gräuel.

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  4. I have an intense aversion towards him.

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  5. I have an extreme aversion to insects.

    ruЯ испытываю крайнюю неприязнь к насекомым.

    deIch hege Insekten gegenüber eine tiefe Abneigung.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fixed dislike:
Русский
By meaning 1
fixed dislike:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fixed dislike:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.

Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.

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Forms

plural: aversions
Singularaversion
Pluralaversions

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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