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averse
- /əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ UK
Sounds like a verse · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s
Where it comes from
From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).
adjective more averse · most averse
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Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
The board is not averse to further talks.
Similar: disliking, disinclined, fromward, unwilling, reluctant, loath, antipathetic
- Turned away or backward. The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.
- Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
- Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.
verb averses · aversing · aversed
- To turn away. […] and, in this panegyrick of the Teutonick blood, I have so prolixly insisted, not only to vindicate our own, as being a stream of the same, and to evince the nobility thereof, but withal to convince the folly of those wretches among us, who aversing ours do so much adhere unto, and dote upon desc
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: antipathetic, loath, loth, disinclined, indisposed, antipathetical, inimical, reluctant, hostile, unfriendly, unwilling, afraid, scared, opposed, opposing, contrary
Translations
Talk about this word "averse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/averse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. averse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/averse "averse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/averse.Cite this
@misc{averse_2026,
title = {averse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/averse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
