averse

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Adjective === averse (comparative more averse, superlative most averse) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind. Synonyms: disliking, disinclined, fromward, unwilling, reluctant, loath Turned away or backward. (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from). (heraldry) Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back. ==== Usage notes ==== The terms adverse and averse are sometimes confused, though their meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to". Averse from is an older form, corresponding to the modern averse to. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== avert aversion ==== Translations ==== === Verb === averse (third-person singular simple present averses, present participle aversing, simple past and past participle aversed) (transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away. ==== Translations ==== === See also === adverse === References === “averse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === reaves, as ever, arvees, Severa, Varese, re-save, Seaver, Reaves, resave == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.vɛʁs/ === Noun === averse f (plural averses) (of rain) shower, rainshower Hypernym: pluie === Further reading === “averse”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “averse”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “averse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Paronyms === adverse === Anagrams === == Latin == === Adjective === āverse vocative masculine singular of āversus