Meanings
plural aversions
- countableuncountableOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
2 more examples
Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear.
The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance
- countableuncountableAn object of dislike or repugnance.
Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
Synonyms: abomination
- countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of turning away from an object.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOpposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
nounAn object of dislike or repugnance.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latināversiō, āversiōnem
- Englishaversion
Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.
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Arabic نُفُور, كُرْه
- نُفُور (nufūr)fixed dislike
- كُرْه (kurh)fixed dislike
- كَرَاهِيَة (karāhiya)fixed dislike
- مَقْت (maqt)fixed dislike
Bengali ঘৃণা, নফরত
- ঘৃণা (ghrina)fixed dislike
- নফরত (nofrot)fixed dislike
Bulgarian отвраще́ние, неприя́зън
- отвраще́ние (otvrašténie)fixed dislike
- неприя́зън (neprijázăn)fixed dislike
- омра́за (omráza)fixed dislike
- антипа́тия (antipátija)fixed dislike
- обръ́щане наза́д (obrắštane nazád)a turning away
Catalan aversió
- aversiófixed dislike
Chinese Mandarin 厭惡 /厌恶
- 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù)fixed dislike
Czech averze, odpor
- averzefixed dislike
- odporfixed dislike
- nechuťfixed dislike
Danish aversion, modvilje
- aversionfixed dislike
- modviljefixed dislike
Dutch afkeer, aversie
- afkeerfixed dislike
- aversiefixed dislike
Finnish inho, vastahakoisuus
- inhofixed dislike
- vastahakoisuusfixed dislike
- vastenmielisyysfixed dislike
- inhokkithe object of dislike or repugnance
- kääntyminen poispäina turning away
French aversion
- aversionfixed dislike
German Abneigung, Vorbehalt
- Abneigungfixed dislike
- Vorbehaltfixed dislike
- Widerwillenfixed dislike
- Aversionfixed dislike
Greek απέχθεια, αποστροφή
- απέχθεια (apéchtheia)fixed dislike
- αποστροφή (apostrofí)fixed dislike
- αποστροφή (apostrofí)a turning away
Hebrew סְלִידָה
- סְלִידָה (slidá)fixed dislike
Hindi घृणा
- घृणा (ghŕṇā)fixed dislike
Hungarian ellenszenv, idegenkedés
- ellenszenvfixed dislike
- idegenkedésfixed dislike
- irtózásfixed dislike
- averziófixed dislike
Indonesian aversi
- aversifixed dislike
Irish drogall
- drogallfixed dislike
Italian avversione
- avversionefixed dislike
Japanese 嫌悪, 厭悪
- 嫌悪 (ken'o)fixed dislike
- 厭悪 (en'o)fixed dislike
Korean 혐오, 염오
- 혐오 (hyeomo)fixed dislike
- 염오 (yeomo)fixed dislike
Latin āversiō
- āversiōfixed dislike
Māori matakawa, ngākaukino
- matakawafixed dislike
- ngākaukinofixed dislike
- anuanufixed dislike
- konekonefixed dislike
Norwegian aversjon
- aversjonfixed dislike
Polish awersja, niechęć
- awersjafixed dislike
- niechęćfixed dislike
- odrazafixed dislike
Portuguese aversão
- aversãofixed dislike
Romanian aversiune
- aversiunefixed dislike
Russian отвраще́ние, неприя́тие
- отвраще́ние (otvraščénije)fixed dislike
- неприя́тие (neprijátije)fixed dislike
- неприя́знь (neprijáznʹ)fixed dislike
- антипа́тия (antipátija)fixed dislike
- омерзе́ние (omerzénije)fixed dislike
Slovak odpor, averzia
- odporfixed dislike
- averziafixed dislike
Spanish aversión
- aversiónfixed dislike
Swedish aversion, motvilja
- aversionfixed dislike
- motviljafixed dislike
Ukrainian відра́за, оги́да
- відра́за (vidráza)fixed dislike
- оги́да (ohýda)fixed dislike
- непри́язнь (neprýjaznʹ)fixed dislike
- антипа́тія (antypátija)fixed dislike
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Cite this entry
aversion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aversion
“aversion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aversion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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