averse

Definition

Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

Etymology

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

Example Sentences

• "“I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, […] is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.”"
• "This is why the most eminent intellects have always been strongly averse to any kind of disturbance, interruption and distraction, and above everything to that violent interruption which is caused by noise; other people do not take any particular notice of this sort of thing."
• "The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave."

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