AVERSE, AVERSION
ADJECTIVES
► ALLERGIC having a strong aversion to something or someone → 1935 Amer. jocular usage
► CROOKED ON averse or hostile to; annoyed, angry → 1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LOUGHT loath, averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling → 1641 obs.
► OFF averse to; having lost interest in → 1908 UK sl.
► OFFWARD averse; turned or directed off or away → 1563 obs.
► SQUEAMOUS averse or unwilling to do something → 1387 obs.
INTERJECTIONS
► BAW! an exclamation of aversion, disgust, or contempt → 1377
► UFF-DA! an exclamation of aversion, disgust, surprise, or pain → 1950 Amer. dial.
► YA! ► YAH! ► YAR! an exclamation of aversion, disgust, contempt, or malicious defiance → 1812
NOUNS
► ABVERSION aversion; an averted state of mind or feelings; a mental attitude of opposition or repugnance → 1638 obs.
► ADVERSENESS aversion, opposition, hostility → 1620
► AVERSATION aversion, hatred, abhorrence; a great dislike for or turning away from anything → 1613 arch.
► HEART-SCALD aversion, disagreeable sensation, disgust → 1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► OFFWARDNESS aversion, averseness; the state of being turned away → 1600 obs.
► SCUNNER a deep dislike; an aversion → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► AVERSATE to regard with aversion, to turn away from, to reject → 1725 obs.
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