AVERSION

aversion, averting

(noun) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; “averting her gaze meant that she was angry”

antipathy, aversion, distaste

(noun) a feeling of intense dislike

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance

An object of dislike or repugnance.

Synonym: abomination

(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

Anagrams

• vairones, veraison

Source: Wiktionary

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A*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert.]

1. A turning away. [Obs.] Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury.

2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.

Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See Averse.] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. Addison. His aversion towards the house of York. Bacon. It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. Spectator. The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. J. D. Hooker.

3. The object of dislike or repugnance. Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope.

Syn.

– Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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