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Meanings of aversion in English
Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
Synonyms
Examples for "disgust"
Examples for "disgust"
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Oh, we've met 'armies' before, he said, slurring the word with disgust.
2
The heart rises in disgust at the idea of such a union.
3
The Southern people collected together in delight-theNorthern in anger and disgust.
4
Much of the disgust for the government comes from former Labour supporters.
5
The examining magistrate waved his hand in refusal and spat in disgust.
1
The moment when I looked for the first time, upon the abomination.
2
To worship in such spots was an abomination to the early Christian.
3
Woman is the capsheaf of the abomination of desolation-full of all deviltry.
4
War is certainly an abomination, both at home and in the field.
5
I heard the shouted word abomination, then the sound of electrical discharge.
1
The violin is an object of particular abhorrence to the Free Gospellers.
2
It was time to get past her personal abhorrence at his actions.
3
Gavin was known amongst his friends for his abhorrence of tiny females.
4
Hence at one time menstruation was held in much awe and abhorrence.
5
The inheritance she abhorred endowed her with the capacity for that abhorrence.
1
At first it irritated me; then I heard it with morbid detestation.
2
She had declared her detestation of dinners, and been heard in silence.
3
Even members of the Academy could not suppress their detestation of him.
4
Because of that my detestation of him became a personal, active thing.
5
It can seem they have an inbuilt detestation for ordinary, flabby humanity.
Usage of aversion in English
1
But risk-aversion is different for different people at different amounts of money.
2
Despite her aversion to conversational exchange, Clara certainly wrote a great deal.
3
Risk aversion, stress from uncertainty, and malpractice concerns were derived via survey.
4
The scare stirred risk aversion on global markets, with Asia particularly hit.
5
I refer to an apparent aversion to display statistics in tabular form.
6
The survey by consultants Deloitte also shows that risk aversion remains high.
7
Mine, in particular, had conceived a moral aversion to the prairie life.
8
However, African-American patients expressed more aversion to the hypothetical surgery than whites.
9
And in half an hour this general aversion began to particularize itself.
10
It shrinks with aversion from the sturdy, the universal, and the democratic.
11
I'm telling you this to explain my general aversion to public speaking.
12
All the contempt and aversion are the portion of the unfortunate husband.
13
Their aversion to this custom is well illustrated in the following incident:
14
Moreover, he never in later years manifested any especial aversion to it.
15
Charles Vernon is my aversion; and I am afraid of his wife.
16
You have seen the child draw back and shrink in undisguised aversion.
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Translations for aversion
Spanish
Catalan
Aversion through the time
Aversion across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common