Averse

/əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/

Synonyms for "averse" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

abhorrent afraid allergic antagonistic anti antipatheticat oddsaverse tobackward balky contrary cursory

Adjective(3 words)

allergic reactionantipathetic antipathetical

Strong matches (21)

differing disaffected disagreeing disdain disenchanted disgusted disinclined disobedient displeased forced fractious hating hesitant hostile ill-disposed indisposed indocile

Adjective(3 words)

disinclineddisinclined toindisposed

Noun(1 words)

disinclining

Related words (35)

intolerant involuntary loath loathing mutinousnot charmednot in the moodopposed perfunctory perverseput offquailing recalcitrant recoiling refractory reluctant resistant shrinking shy slow

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sulky sullen uncongenial unconsenting uneager unfriendly unsympathetic unwilling

Adjective(6 words)

loath lothopposed toreluctant torepelled byunwilling

Verb(1 words)

repelled

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

attitude disposition preference

More specific

3 entries

novelty-averse policy-averse risk-averse

Collocations

5 entries

changenew ideasnovel technologiesrisk uncertainties

Inflections

2 entries

more aversemost averse

Derivations

3 entries

aversion aversive aversively

similar

1 entries

disinclined

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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He believed the superstition that Christians were averse to learning.

Source: tatoeba (1603566)

I'm not averse to a good night out.

Source: tatoeba (4032957)

I'm not averse to meeting Tom.

Source: tatoeba (9414771)

I am constitutionally averse to getting carried away with feelings.

Source: tatoeba (10637933)

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