averse
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From Latin aversus, past participle of aversere (“‘to avert’”)
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averse (comparative more averse, superlative most averse)
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- Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
- Turned away or backward.
- (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
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- (having a repugnance): disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant; loath
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The terms adverse and averse are sometimes confused, though their meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather that "has an aversion to".
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to averse (third-person singular simple present averses, present participle aversing, simple past and past participle aversed)
- (transitive) To turn away.
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averse f. (plural averses)
- (of rain) Shower.
