Averse Definition

ə-vûrs
adjective
Having a feeling of opposition, distaste, or aversion; strongly disinclined.
Investors who are averse to taking risks.
American Heritage
Not willing or inclined; opposed (to)
Webster's New World
Turned away from the main stem.
Webster's New World

Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

Wiktionary
Turned away or backward.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
verb
To turn away.
Wiktionary

Origin of Averse

  • Latin āversus past participle of āvertere to turn away avert

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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