averse
IPA: ʌvˈɝs
verb
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.
adjective
- Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
- Turned away or backward.
- (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
- (heraldry) Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.
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Examples of "averse" in Sentences
- He was averse to violence.
- He remained averse to the new German Empire.
- He was not averse to using the media in a similar way.
- A couple of the players were initially averse to the idea.
- But there is an evil and averse counterpart corresponding to the ovine nature.