1
as in hatreds
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
I simply have this ingrained aversion to the sight of bloodshed
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2
as in dislikes
a strong feeling of not liking or approving
couldn't overcome her aversion to her brother-in-law and pointedly avoided his company
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3
as in phobias
something or someone that is hated
clichés should be the pet aversion of every good writer
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Recent Examples of aversions
While there are a lot of dupes for the Nugget out there, make sure your play couch has removable washable covers, soft fabric, and reversed hideaway zippers to avoid irritation for a child with tactical sensory aversions.
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Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
Love, the middle film, may be the highlight — a continually surprising drama about co-workers, one a straight woman and the other a gay man, who find their aversions to commitment getting challenged over the course of a summer.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
According to a December 1997 interview with Cameron, both DiCaprio and Winslet initially had aversions to it early on.
—Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The criticisms underscore many artists’ aversions to AI creeping into their industry.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Symptoms can vary widely, from food aversions and sleep problems to anxiety and trouble adapting to routines.
—Laura Dorwart, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
Love, the middle film, may be the highlight — a continually surprising drama about co-workers, one a straight woman and the other a gay man, who find their aversions to commitment getting challenged over the course of a summer.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
According to a December 1997 interview with Cameron, both DiCaprio and Winslet initially had aversions to it early on.
—Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The criticisms underscore many artists’ aversions to AI creeping into their industry.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Symptoms can vary widely, from food aversions and sleep problems to anxiety and trouble adapting to routines.
—Laura Dorwart, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aversions
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Single-family residential led with 134 likes and 38 dislikes.—
Thomas White,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mitch Prinstein, who researches technology and brain development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says teens shouldn't be getting notifications or at least not as many notifications of likes, or dislikes.—
Carmel Wroth,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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This, Wright imagined, was one way Proxi might display its analysis of players’ minds, an aerial map of loves, phobias, triumphs, losses, pets, and near misses plus all the associations connecting them.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Also, those with insect phobias should consider this when planning a visit.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Yet as deeply personal and dark as the subject matter can sometimes be, amid the horrors of today’s headlines, the album’s optimism is a welcome sound.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Michael Winterbottom followed in 2023 with Shoshana (a film that premiered a full month before the horrors of October 7), and last year saw Cherien Dabis’s sprawling epic All That’s Left of You make the Oscar shortlist.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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Doom has corridors, enemies, three-dimensional navigation and a lot of things that are trying to kill you.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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Bolstered by a vastly superior air force and hard-to-overwhelm missile defenses, Israel is more than a match for its enemies, even Iran, and will remain so for a decade or more.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Food allergies have risen by 50% since the 1990s.—
Dr. Sonja O'Leary,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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That is putting pollen in the air, and pollen is our number one, usually the first thing that triggers allergies for people.—
Lauren Whitney,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Succession Wars took a much darker turn thanks to the development of not just Battlemechs but of horrible flesh and steel monsters called abominations.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Those developments may have created blind spots for Western adversaries.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the post–Cold War period, some in the United States believed that Russia was prepared to deliberately escalate any conflict—including through the use of nuclear weapons—to force its adversaries to back down.—
Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Aversions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aversions. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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