Synonyms for aversion
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Noun
1. Antipathy — opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning
antipathy, distaste, reluctance, disinclination, disgust, dislike, loathing, abhorrence, repugnance, hatred, detestation, repulsion, displeasure, animosity, unwillingness, nausea, horror, enmity, indisposition, grudge, backwardness, averseness
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Definitions
- n. 1
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
Related words
- Word family
- averse avert
- Phrases
- ambiguity aversion uncertainty aversion
Forms
- Plural
- aversions → antipathies, distastes, reluctances, disinclinations…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- reluctance He feels no reluctance in acknowledging errors.
- distaste My apathy for voting comes from my distaste for politics.
- antipathy I experienced a feeling of antipathy towards the speaker.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| aversion | rising | |
| reluctance | steady | |
| distaste | rising | |
| antipathy | steady | |
| disinclination | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- horror2, hatred2, nausea3, grudge1, enmity3
- 7 letters
- dislike2, disgust2
- 8 letters
- loathing2, distaste2
- 9 letters
- animosity5, antipathy4, repulsion
- 10 letters
- reluctance3, abhorrence3, repugnance, averseness
- 11 letters
- displeasure3, abomination5, detestation
- 12 letters
- backwardness3
- 13 letters
- unwillingness4, indisposition
- 14 letters
- disinclination5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horror2 = 2 syllables).