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Definition of Averse
1. Adjective. (usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed. "Clearly indisposed to grant their request"
Similar to: Disinclined
Derivative terms: Antipathy, Antipathy
Definition of Averse
1. a. Turned away or backward.
2. v. t. & i. To turn away.
Definition of Averse
1. Adjective. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind. ¹
2. Adjective. Turned away or backward. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (''to'' or ''from''). ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To turn away. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Averse
1. opposed; reluctant [adj] : AVERSELY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Averse
Literary usage of Averse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colloquies of Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus, Edwin Johnson (1878)
"The VIRGIN averse TO MATRIMONY. The ARGUMENT. A Virgin averse to Matrimony, will
needs be a Nun. She is dissuaded from it, and persuaded to moderate her ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... and averse to move, I insisted that.he should Tour to go with me, and pay a
visit to the Countess of ..."
3. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"I urged him much to present these details in a memoir of his own writing, and he
did not seem averse to the idea. While we were at Sharp's, ..."
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