verb
definition
To turn away.
adjective
Examples of averse in a Sentence
But constituents were averse to paying their members, no Speaker was elected, the reform never came into being.
But the two generals were equally averse to a contest a outrance, which could only end in civil war.
The Persian variety of this art is more ornate, and less averse to representations of living beings.
Being very averse to removal, it is mostly planted from pots.
If your pet is averse to full outfits, consider a festive collar instead.
His most severe measures were taken in cold blood, as part of his general policy; but his natural disposition was averse to unnecessary bloodshed or cruelty.
Humanism has never been in the narrow sense of that term Protestant; still less has it been strictly Catholic. In Italy it fostered a temper of mind decidedly averse to theological speculation and religious earnestness.
Society has become so much more risk averse over the last 20 years.
He was not averse however to taking chances for himself.
He was averse from violence, and never resorted to bellicose acts or to the employment of force save in the last extremity.
But both the Chinese authorities in Lhasa and the Tsong-du were averse from any such proceedings.
The Ionians were naturally averse from prolonged warfare, and in the prosperity which must have followed the final rout of the Persians and the freeing of the Aegean from the pirates (a very important feature in the league's policy) a money contribution was only a trifling burden.
Alexander II., personally averse from war, was not insensible to the patriotic enthusiasm, and halted between two opinions.
But he was averse from the violence of Melville, and was willing to admit the royal supremacy "as far as the word of God allows."
I agree that we are becoming too averse to risk.
The mood of Britain is wisely and rightly averse from every form of shallow or premature exultation.
Bruce's Watson is a humourous foil to Rathbone's intense seriousness - although Holmes himself is not averse to the odd witty quip.
Nevertheless he was not averse to a peace, nor to a preliminary suspension of hostilities, and negotiations were opened at Pressburg, Kassa and Beszterczebanya successively, but came to nothing because Bethlen insisted on including the Bohemians in the peace, whereupon (20th of August 1620) the estates of North Hungary elected him king.
A born ruler, Casimir introduced a whole series of administrative and economical reforms. He was the especial protector of the cities and the peasants, and, though averse from violent measures, punished aristocratic tyranny with an iron hand.
His instruments were ministers of ability chosen from the clergy and the gentryhe seems to have been equally averse to trusting the baronage at the one end of the social scale, or mere upstarts at the other, and it is notable that no one during his reign can be called a court favorite.
But the queen, who, it is fair to add, understood the movement which was tending to German unity much better than most of her advisers, was averse from war.
Even pre-Blair, Labor was never averse to attempting military solutions in Ireland.
Unlike the later National Socialists of Germany, the Fascists remained averse to outright nationalization of industry.
The cast is not averse to the occasional non-Shakespearean interjection which simply adds to the fun.
T F 8. If someone's utility function exhibits diminishing marginal utility of wealth, this person is risk averse.
Lee (New York, 1886); Fitzhugh Lee was strongly averse to secession, but felt obliged to conform Lee, General Lee (New York, 1894, "Great Commanders" series); to the action of his own state.
Bruce 's Watson is a humourous foil to Rathbone 's intense seriousness - although Holmes himself is not averse to the odd witty quip.
T F 8. If someone 's utility function exhibits diminishing marginal utility of wealth, this person is risk averse.
In spite of the obvious appeal to students, however, parents and administrators are often averse to the "party school" distinction.
The modern, late-flowering hybrids are not averse to thin partial shade, and in such last well, while the earliest sorts are capable of fine effect amid their plantings of Rhododendrons or other shrubs.
With so short a season it spreads slowly, is averse to removal, and also to hot weather.
He was a man of mild and liberal spirit, broadened by varied culture, constitutionally averse from narrow views and enforced uniformity.
When unemployed in work or study he was not averse to the society of boon companions, gave himself readily to transient amours, and corresponded in a tone of cynical bad taste.
The Social Democrats were believed not to be averse from Stinnes' vaster scheme, as it corresponded in certain aspects with their own plans, when they were in power, for coordinating all German industries, pending the possibility of socializing them.
Ultramontanism, again, though essentially averse from all forms of progress, had displayed great dexterity in utilizing the opportunities presented to it by modern life.
Averse at all events to the Athenian democracy, leaning towards Macedonian monarchy, and resting on Macedonian power, he maintained.
The crown prince was also averse from a Napoleonic marriage, and preferred to marry (October 12, 1810) the Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854).
He resolved to treat with Harthama, as he was averse to Tahir; but this step caused his ruin.
In his treatment of slaves he was exacting, but not harsh, and was averse to selling them save in case of necessity.
I was averse, but upon his pressing consented, before I considered what I did, for I am extremely troubled at the embroilment I am in, and have neither ate nor slept well this twelvemonth, nor have my former consistency of mind.
The increasing estrangement between him and the nation made him averse from the natural remedy of a parliament, and he reverted to the absolute practices of the middle ages, in order that he might strain them far beyond the warrant of precedent to levy a tax under the name of ship-money, first on the port towns and then on the whole of England.
Though averse at all times to taking up parliamentary reform, he thought all such projects downright crimes in the agitation of 1791-1792.
These elements, which formed the bulk of the population, were not averse from supporting a strong ruler who would protect them against the Arab aristocracy.
Just wondering, What is so averse about Hughes and Homerton?
A final grievance mentioned by NGOs is that the government is very averse to bilateral and multilateral donors channeling resources straight to NGOs.
Reduced risk NYMEX, as with most businesses, is naturally averse to taking risks.
Were investors risk averse, having recently lost money?
On the other hand another main speaker, John Wiltshire of Guinness, was by no means averse to freight exchanges.
Elizabeth, whose prudence and parsimony were averse to so formidable an undertaking as the complete subjugation of the powerful Irish chieftain, desired peace with him at almost any price; especially when the devastation of his territory by Sussex brought him no nearer to submission.
Such groups (each with its local deity) would combine for definite purposes under the impulse of external needs, but owing to inevitable internal jealousies and the incessant feuds among a people averse from discipline and authority, the unions were not necessarily lasting.