Synonyms for aversion
əˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃənaver·sion

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1. aversionnoun

   Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

   Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.

   Synonyms:
   disinclination, reluctance, antipathy

2. aversionnoun

   An object of dislike or repugnance.

   Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.

   Synonyms:
   abomination

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1. aversion

   Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

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1. aversion

   Synonyms:
   hatred, dislike, distaste, repugnance, uncongeniality, abhorrence, antipathy

   Antonyms:
   love, desire, affection, liking, congeniality, sympathy, ardor, eagerness, avidity

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1. antipathy, aversion, distastenoun

   a feeling of intense dislike

   Synonyms:
   antipathy, averting, distaste

2. aversion, avertingnoun

   the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

   "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

   Synonyms:
   antipathy, averting, distaste

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1. • Dislike

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1. aversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, reluctance, unwillingness, repugnance, backwardness

2. aversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ANTIPATHY, hatred, loathing, disgust, nausea, detestation, abhorrence, horror

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1. aversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   dislike, antipathy, disinclination, loathing, abhorrence

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1. List of paraphrases for "aversion":

   abhorrence, dislike, loathing, revulsion, disgust, antipathy, reluctance

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1. Gavin Parry:

   Confidence in the U.S. economy is just as important as geopolitical risk when it comes to thinking about risk aversion, and Wal-Mart's slide is significant in that it doesn't bode well for consumer spending in the U.S., it's effect on risk appetite may have been amplified by the fact that U.S. CPI figures due ahead of the weekend are expected by some to show contraction.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

3. Chilson Foy:

   She got worse than I did, by far, her joint pain was stronger, and it lasted a lot longer. She couldn't really open cans, and things like that, for quite a long time. And I think her symptoms of headache and aversion to light were a lot stronger than mine.

4. Charles Cooley:

   One who shows signs of mental aberration is, inevitably, perhaps, but cruelly, shut off from familiar, thoughtless intercourse, partly excommunicated; his isolation is unwittingly proclaimed to him on every countenance by curiosity, indifference, aversion, or pity, and in so far as he is human enough to need free and equal communication and feel the lack of it, he suffers pain and loss of a kind and degree which others can only faintly imagine, and for the most part ignore.

5. Manuel Oliveri:

   Risk aversion is broadly on the rise and that has been triggered by the weakness in U.S. manufacturing ISM data earlier this week, the outperformance of the U.S. economy compared to other major economies has held the dollar and other risky assets up but that has changed this week.