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averse Adjective opposed: he's not averse to publicity, of the right kind [Latin avertere to turn from]
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averse adjective opposed, reluctant, hostile, unwilling, backward, unfavourable, loath, disinclined, inimical, indisposed, antipathetic, ill-disposed << OPPOSITE favourable Translations averse [əˈvəːs] adj to be averse to sth/doing sth → eine Abneigung gegen etw haben/dagegen haben, etw zu tun; adj averse [əˈvəːs] (with to) having a dislike for averse to hard work. onwillig كارِه لِ، مُبْغِض لِ несклонен mající odpor modvillig; uvillig abgeneigt αρνητικός προς, εχθρικός que aborrece, que tiene antipatía a vastumeelsust tundev مخالف؛ بیزار penseä opposé à סוֹלֵד מ- अनिच्छुक averzija idegenkedik membenci, menolak, menentang fráhverfur, frábitinn, mótfallinn avverso, contrario 嫌って 싫어하는 nemėgstantis negribīgs enggan afkerig motvillig, uvillig niechętny avesso refractar питающий отвращение mať odpor k nasproten protivan avog ซึ่งไม่ชอบ hoşlanmayan, hazzetmeyen 不樂意的 такий, що почуває відразу مخالف ،محترز ، بے زار không thích 不乐意的 n aˈversion [-ʃən, (American ) — ʒən] a feeling of dislike. onwilligheid كَراهِيَّه، بُغْض شَديد нежелание odpor modvilje; aversion die Abneigung δυσαρέσκεια, αντιπάθεια aversión vastumeelsus تنفر؛ بیزاری penseys aversion סְלִידָה घृणा averzija idegenkedés rasa benci, keengganan óbeit avversione 嫌悪 싫음, 혐오 pasišlykštėjimas nepatika keengganan afkeer motvilje, aversjon niechęć aversão aversiune отвращение odpor odpor averzija motvilja, avoghet ความเกลียดชัง nefret, tiksinti 厭惡 відраза, антипатія نا پسندیدگی ، بے زاری ác cảm 厌恶 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The end of life was reserved for the Dog, wherefore the old man is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, tolerant only of his own household, but averse to strangers and to all who do not administer to his comfort or to his necessities. Among our still more modern and dashing young gentlemen -- who are extremely averse to superfluous effort and supremely indifferent to the purity of their native language -- the formula is still further curtailed by the use of "to feel" in a technical sense, meaning, "to recommend-for-the-purposes-of-feeling-and-being-felt"; and at this moment the "slang" of polite or fast society in the upper classes sanctions such a barbarism as "Mr. Had he imposed on a child, I should have been more averse to have forgiven him; but a woman upwards of thirty must certainly be supposed to know what will make her most happy. |
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