noun □ an aversion to or towards a dislike of ○ She has a great aversion to people who look away while talking to her. ○ You can’t ask them together because of their mutual aversion towards each other.
a•ver´sion
n. [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.” 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 Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete.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.
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.” 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 Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete.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.
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