Standard Lemma guide

aversion

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈvɜːʒən/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈvɜːʃən/
  • Canada, General-American: /əˈvɝʒən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 V ER1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
  • Live with aversion to classic men's wear, likely die with aversion to classic men's wear.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An object of dislike or repugnance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abomination

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of turning away from an object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • averting her gaze meant that she was angry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: averting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging

5

noun

Meaning 5

a feeling of intense dislike

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antipathy, distaste

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dislike

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āversiō, āversiōnem. Doublet of aversio.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نُفُور (nufūr) — fixed dislike
  • Arabic: كُرْه (kurh) — fixed dislike
  • Arabic: كَرَاهِيَة (karāhiya) — fixed dislike
  • Arabic: مَقْت (maqt) — fixed dislike
  • Belarusian: агі́да (ahída) — fixed dislike
  • Belarusian: абры́да (abrýda) — fixed dislike
  • Belarusian: непрыя́знасць (njepryjáznascʹ) — fixed dislike
  • Belarusian: антыпа́тыя (antypátyja) — fixed dislike
  • Bengali: ঘৃণা (ghrina) — fixed dislike
  • Bengali: নফরত (nofrot) — fixed dislike
  • Bulgarian: отвраще́ние (otvrašténie) — fixed dislike
  • Bulgarian: неприя́зън (neprijázǎn) — fixed dislike
  • Bulgarian: омра́за (omráza) — fixed dislike
  • Bulgarian: антипа́тия (antipátija) — fixed dislike
  • Catalan: aversió — fixed dislike
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù) — fixed dislike
  • Czech: averze — fixed dislike
  • Czech: odpor — fixed dislike
  • Czech: nechuť — fixed dislike
  • Danish: aversion — fixed dislike
  • Danish: modvilje — fixed dislike
  • Dutch: afkeer — fixed dislike
  • Dutch: aversie — fixed dislike
  • Finnish: inho — fixed dislike
  • Finnish: vastahakoisuus — fixed dislike
  • Finnish: vastenmielisyys — fixed dislike
  • French: aversion — fixed dislike
  • Georgian: არაკეთილგანწყობილება (araḳetilganc̣q̇obileba) — fixed dislike
  • Georgian: ანტიპათია (anṭiṗatia) — fixed dislike
  • German: Abneigung — fixed dislike
  • German: Vorbehalt — fixed dislike
  • German: Widerwillen — fixed dislike
  • German: Aversion — fixed dislike
  • German: Abber — fixed dislike
  • Greek: απέχθεια (apéchtheia) — fixed dislike
  • Greek: αποστροφή (apostrofí) — fixed dislike
  • Hebrew: סְלִידָה (slidá) — fixed dislike
  • Hindi: घृणा (ghŕṇā) — fixed dislike
  • Hungarian: ellenszenv — fixed dislike
  • Hungarian: idegenkedés — fixed dislike
  • Hungarian: irtózás — fixed dislike
  • Hungarian: averzió — fixed dislike
  • Indonesian: aversi — fixed dislike
  • Irish: drogall — fixed dislike
  • Italian: avversione — fixed dislike
  • Japanese: 嫌悪 (ken'o) — fixed dislike
  • Japanese: 厭悪 (en'o) — fixed dislike
  • Korean: 혐오 (hyeomo) — fixed dislike
  • Korean: 염오 (yeomo) — fixed dislike
  • Latin: āversiō — fixed dislike
  • Macedonian: о́дбивност (ódbivnost) — fixed dislike
  • Macedonian: о́двратност (ódvratnost) — fixed dislike
  • Macedonian: аве́рзија (avérzija) — fixed dislike
  • Macedonian: антипа́тија (antipátija) — fixed dislike
  • Māori: matakawa — fixed dislike
  • Māori: ngākaukino — fixed dislike
  • Māori: anuanu — fixed dislike
  • Māori: konekone — fixed dislike
  • Norwegian: aversjon — fixed dislike
  • Polish: awersja — fixed dislike
  • Polish: niechęć — fixed dislike
  • Polish: odraza — fixed dislike
  • Portuguese: aversão — fixed dislike
  • Romanian: aversiune — fixed dislike
  • Russian: отвраще́ние (otvraščénije) — fixed dislike
  • Russian: неприя́тие (neprijátije) — fixed dislike
  • Russian: неприя́знь (neprijáznʹ) — fixed dislike
  • Russian: антипа́тия (antipátija) — fixed dislike
  • Russian: омерзе́ние (omerzénije) — fixed dislike
  • Sanskrit: अरुचि (aruci) — fixed dislike
  • Sanskrit: द्वेषस् (dveṣas) — fixed dislike
  • Serbo-Croatian: avèrzija — fixed dislike
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀тпор — fixed dislike
  • Serbo-Croatian: avèrzija — fixed dislike
  • Serbo-Croatian: òtpor — fixed dislike
  • Slovak: odpor — fixed dislike
  • Slovak: averzia — fixed dislike
  • Slovene: odpor — fixed dislike
  • Spanish: aversión — fixed dislike
  • Swedish: aversion — fixed dislike
  • Swedish: motvilja — fixed dislike
  • Tocharian B: ykāṃṣe — fixed dislike
  • Ukrainian: відра́за (vidráza) — fixed dislike
  • Ukrainian: оги́да (ohýda) — fixed dislike
  • Ukrainian: непри́язнь (neprýjaznʹ) — fixed dislike
  • Ukrainian: антипа́тія (antypátija) — fixed dislike
  • Finnish: inhokki — the object of dislike or repugnance
  • Bulgarian: обръ́щане наза́д (obrǎ́štane nazád) — a turning away
  • Finnish: kääntyminen poispäin — a turning away
  • Greek: αποστροφή (apostrofí) — a turning away
Real reading context

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