averted

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US/əˈvɝtɪd/UK/əˈvɜːtɪd/

adjective

Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.

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Meanings

adjectiveaverted (comparative more averted, superlative most averted)

comparative more averted · superlative most averted

  1. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.

    It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]

    2021 June 22, Annelies Verheugt-Pleiter, Jolien Zevalkink, Mentalizing in Child Therapy: Guidelines for Clinical Practitioners, Routledge, →ISBN
  2. alsogovernmentTurned or directed away (from something).

    [...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]

    1765, Daniel Fenning, Joseph Collyer, A New System of Geography, Or a General Description of the World, page 265
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of avert
Cite this entry
APA

averted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averted

MLA

“averted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “averted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averted.

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