Associations to the word «Averse»
Noun
- Aversion
- Bloodshed
- Risk
- Investor
- Allah
- Tranquillity
- Plunder
- Inclination
- Gamble
- Quarrel
- Variance
- Disposition
- Letting
- Exertion
- Publicity
- Intimacy
- Uncertainty
- Ambiguity
- Reconciliation
- Bonaparte
- Reverse
- Prejudice
- Litigation
- Temper
- Wrath
- Forgiveness
- Populace
- Intercourse
- Consent
- Necessity
- Dislike
- Contradiction
- Spaniard
- Opinion
- Habit
- Enjoyment
- Peasant
- Optimization
- Desire
- Endeavour
- Disgrace
- Restraint
- Stranger
Adjective
Wiktionary
AVERSE, adjective. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
AVERSE, adjective. Turned away or backward.
AVERSE, adjective. (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
AVERSE, verb. (transitive) To turn away.
Dictionary definition
AVERSE, adjective. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.