aversion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a feeling of intense dislike
    distaste; antipathy.
  2. noun the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
    averting.
    • averting her gaze meant that she was angry

WordNet

A*ver"sion noun
Etymology
L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert.
Definitions
  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.
    ✍ 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 Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete.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.

Webster 1913