aversionnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/əˈvɜː.ʃən//əˈvɜː.ʒən/us/əˈvɝː.ʒən//əˈvɝː.ʃən/(a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to do something:
I felt an instant aversion to his parents.
She has a deep aversion to getting up in the morning.
Greed is my pet aversion (= the thing I dislike most of all).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of dislike and hatred
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- disfavour
- disgust
- dislike
- distaste
- enmity
- ill will
- loathing
- misandry
- misanthrope
- misanthropic
- repulsion
- sore point
- technophobe
- virulence
- vitriol
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