Definitions for averse
əˈvɜrsaverse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. averseverb

   To turn away.

2. averseadjective

   Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

3. averseadjective

   Turned away or backward.

4. averseadjective

   Lying on the opposite side (to or from).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Averseadjective

   Etymology: aversus, Lat.

   1. Malign; not favourable.

   Their courage languish’d, as their hopes decay’d,
   And Pallas, now averse, refus’d her aid. John Dryden, Æneid.

   2. Not pleased with; unwilling to; having such a hatred as to turn away.

   Has thy uncertain bosom ever strove
   With the first tumults of a real love?
   Hast thou now dreaded, and now bless’d his sway,
   By turns averse, and joyful to obey? Matthew Prior.

   Averse alike to flatter, or offend,
   Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend. Alexander Pope.

   3. It has most properly from before the object of aversion.

   Laws politick are never framed as they should be, unless presuming the will of man to be inwardly obstinate, rebellious, and averse from all obedience unto the sacred laws of his nature. Richard Hooker, b. i.

   They believed all who objected against their undertaking to be averse from peace. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   These cares alone her virgin breast employ,
   Averse from Venus and the nuptial joy. Alexander Pope.

   4. Very frequently, but improperly, to.

   He had, from the beginning of the war, been very averse to any advice of the privy council. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   Diodorus tells us of one Charondos, who was averse to all innovation, especially when it was to proceed from particular persons. Jonathan Swift, on the Dissensions in Athens and Rome.

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1. averse

   Averse refers to a strong dislike or opposition towards something or someone. It indicates a reluctance or unwillingness to engage or be involved with the object of aversion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Averseadjective

   turned away or backward

2. Averseadjective

   having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant

3. Averse

   to turn away

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Averse

   a-vėrs′, 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. [L. aversus, turned away, pa.p. of avert-ĕre. See Avert.]

Anagrams for averse »

1. reaves

2. resave

3. Varese

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of averse in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of averse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of averse in a Sentence

1. Aaron David Miller:

   This is a risk-averse president who sets red lines he doesn’t enforce, there’s not a lot of inclination for heroic initiatives in what’s left.

2. Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay:

   I am averse to that idea.

3. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   Investors are increasingly becoming risk-averse and shifting to safe-haven defensive shares from cyclical stocks.

4. Abby Stoddard:

   The number of casualties being lower in 2014 than a year before says more about the spike in 2013 than about the conditions for aid workers getting any safer, the number of attacks in 2014 is still higher than in any previous year. Aid agencies have not become more risk averse but are changing their mode of operating.

5. Randall Miller:

   On its face, it is hard to believe he’d be improving with a demographic group that has been so averse to his style, his denigrating language, but I think people may have gotten used to Trump, he’s not as outrageous as he used to be.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=averse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Averse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=averse
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/averse
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=averse