averse

1. 1
   adjective

   Strongly disliking something, or not wanting to do it.

   My dad is averse to long car trips.

   She isn't averse to helping out, but she is very busy this week.

   Similarreluctant, unwilling, disinclined, loath

   Oppositewilling, eager, keen

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2. 2
   adjective

   Turned away from something, or facing backward.

   The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.

   1697, Virgil, The Works of VirgilHere, averse means turned or pointing backward, so the tracks faced the wrong way.

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3. 3
   adjective

   On a coat of arms, describes a hand drawn so you see its back, not its palm.

   The old shield shows a red hand averse in the center.

   On the town flag the hand is averse, so you see the back of it.

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