aversion

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
2. (countable, uncountable) An object of dislike or repugnance.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of turning away from an object.

Synonyms

dislike

disgust

antipathy

abhorrence

repugnance

distaste

hatred

loathing

detestation

abomination

hate

😡

enmity

repulsion

revulsion

nausea

hostility

animosity

apathy

averting

hating

feel repugnance

displeasure

prejudice

scunner

contempt

loathsomeness

malignity

partiality

precaution

prepossessing

prepossession

protection

regret

relief

reluctance

replacement

repugnancy

repulse

revolt

shift

shifting

slide

spite

suspense

translocation

transposition

trepidation

unfriendliness

unseat

unwillingness

Translations

avversione

aversion

aversión

Abneigung

ripugnanza

aversão

afkeer

antipathie

Ekel

tegenzin

hekel

αποστροφή

antipatia

répugnance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈvɜːʃən/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.