: having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste
—usually used with to
She was not averse to taking chances.
He seems to be averse to strenuous exercise.
—commonly used in compounds both with and without a hyphena conservative risk-averse investor
a crowd averse teen
aversely
adverb
averseness
noun
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