Aversion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Aversion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aversion n a feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy, aversion, distaste] the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" Synonym(s): aversion, averting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aversion \Aver"sion\, n. [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See {Avert}.] 1. A turning away. [Obs.] Adhesion to vice and aversion* from goodness. --Bp. Atterbury. 2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. --Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. --Macaulay. Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See {Averse}.] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. --Addison. His aversion towards the house of York. --Bacon. It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. --Spectator. The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. --J. D. Hooker. 3. The object of dislike or repugnance. Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. --Pope. Syn: Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See {Dislike}.