averted

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈvɝtɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈvɜːtɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪd

Adjective

averted (comparative more averted, superlative most averted)

1. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
   • 2021 June 22, Annelies Verheugt-Pleiter, Jolien Zevalkink, Mentalizing in Child Therapy: Guidelines for Clinical Practitioners, Routledge, →ISBN:

     It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes […]

2. (also heraldry) Turned or directed away (from something).
   • 1765, Daniel Fenning, Joseph Collyer, A New System of Geography, Or a General Description of the World, page 265:

     [...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules […]

Related terms

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Verb

averted

1. simple past and past participle of avert