Synonyms for averse
əˈvɜrsaverse

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1. averseadjective

   Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

   Synonyms:
   disliking, disinclined, loath, fromward, unwilling, reluctant

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1. averse

   Reluctant (Latin re, back, and lucto, strive, struggle) signifies struggling against what one is urged or impelled to do, or is actually doing; averse (Latin a, from, and verto, turn) signifies turned away as with dislike or repugnance; loath (Anglo-Saxon lath, evil, hateful) signifies having a repugnance, disgust, or loathing for, tho the adjective loath is not so strong as the verb loathe. A dunce is always averse to study; a good student is disinclined to it when a fine morning tempts him out; he is indisposed to it in some hour of weariness. A man may be slow or backward in entering upon that to which he is by no means averse. A man is loath to believe evil of his friend, reluctant to speak of it, absolutely unwilling to use it to his injury. A legislator may be opposed to a certain measure, while not averse to what it aims to accomplish. Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   backward, disinclined, indisposed, loath, opposed, reluctant, slow, unwilling

   Antonyms:
   desirous, disposed, eager, favorable, inclined, willing

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1. averse

   Synonyms:
   hostile, disinclined, indisposed, repugnant, backward, unwilling, reluctant, loath

   Antonyms:
   ready, disposed, eager, prone, inclined, desirous

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1. antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

   "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

   Antonyms:
   inclined(p)

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1. averseadjective

   Synonyms:
   unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed

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1. averseadjective

   Synonyms:
   disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath

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1. Abby Stoddard:

   The number of casualties being lower in 2014 than a year before says more about the spike in 2013 than about the conditions for aid workers getting any safer, the number of attacks in 2014 is still higher than in any previous year. Aid agencies have not become more risk averse but are changing their mode of operating.

2. Aaron David Miller:

   The question is not whether there is anything United States can do. The question is whether or not United States is willing and able to do them, we could come up with any number of creative, sometimes very tough-minded ideas, that the administration could embrace. The question is will they, and so far it seems to be they're highly risk averse even in the face of this intensified conflict.

3. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   Investors are increasingly becoming risk-averse and shifting to safe-haven defensive shares from cyclical stocks.

4. Shigemitsu Tsuruta:

   Long-term investors still have a risk-averse stance and it will persist for a while.

5. Alvin Tan:

   The Chinese measures haven't really restored confidence. The market turmoil is not over. And under such risk averse condition, the yen and the euro will continue to be supported, in the short term, the dollar is likely to underperform the euro and the yen. We also expect the Fed to be very cautious about raising rates.