Definition of averse

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Averse (a.) Turned away or backward.

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Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
Aversely :: Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely..
Voyage :: Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..
Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
Barruly :: Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
Journey :: Journey (v. t.) To traverse; to travel over or through.
Averse :: Averse (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Alienate :: Alienate (v. t.) To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from..
Traversed :: Traversed (imp. & p. p.) of Travers.
Abhor :: Abhor (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with.
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
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