English-Thai Dictionary

aversion

N การ เกลียดชัง  การ รังเกียจ  dislike antipathy repugnance attraction affinity kan-kliad-chang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVERSION

n.[L. averto.] 1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disinclination; reluctance; hatred. Usually this word expresses moderate hatred, or opposition of mind, not amounting to abhorrence or detestation. It ought generally to be followed by to before the object. [See Averse. ] Sometimes it admits of for.
A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection.
2. Opposition or contrariety of nature; applied to inanimate substances.
Magnesia, notwithstanding this aversion to solution, forms a kind of paste with water.
3. The cause of dislike.
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVERSION

A *ver "sion, n. Etym: [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert. ]

 

1. A turning away. [Obs. ] Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury.

 

2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.

 

Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See Averse. ] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. Addison. His aversion towards the house of York. Bacon. It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. Spectator. The Khasias... have an aversion to milk. J. D. Hooker.

 

3. The object of dislike or repugnance. Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope.

 

Syn. -- Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aversion

a ver sion |əˈvərZHən əˈvərʒən | ▶noun a strong dislike or disinclination: he had a deep-seated aversion to most forms of exercise. • someone or something that arouses such feelings. DERIVATIVES a ver sive |-siv, -ziv |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally denoting the action of turning away or averting one's eyes ): from Latin aversio (n- ), from avertere ‘turn away from ’ (see avert ).

 

aversion therapy

a ver sion ther a py |əˈvərʒən ˈθɛrəpi | ▶noun a type of behavior therapy designed to make a patient give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect.

 

Oxford Dictionary

aversion

aver |sion |əˈvəːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a strong dislike or disinclination: they made plain their aversion to the use of force. • someone or something that arouses a strong dislike or disinclination. DERIVATIVES aversive adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally denoting the action of turning away or averting one's eyes ): from Latin aversio (n- ), from avertere ‘turn away from ’ (see avert ).

 

aversion therapy

aver |sion ther |apy ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of behaviour therapy designed to make patients give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

aversion

aversion noun an aversion to the use of force: dislike of, antipathy for, distaste for, abhorrence of, hatred of, odium of, loathing of, detestation of, hostility toward; reluctance toward, unwillingness for, disinclination toward. ANTONYMS liking.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

aversion

aversion noun their deep-seated aversion to the use of force: dislike of, distaste for, disinclination, abhorrence, hatred, hate, loathing, detestation, odium, antipathy, hostility; disgust, revulsion, repugnance, horror; phobia; resistance, unwillingness, reluctance, avoidance, evasion, shunning; informal allergy; archaic disrelish. ANTONYMS liking, inclination, desire.

 

Duden Dictionary

Aversion

Aver si on Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |Aversi o n |die Aversion; Genitiv: der Aversion, Plural: die Aversionen französisch aversion < lateinisch aversio, eigentlich = das (Sich )abwenden Abneigung gegen jemanden, etwas eine Aversion haben, Aversionen hegen

 

Aversionalsumme

Aver si o nal sum me Substantiv, feminin , die |Aversion a lsumme |die Aversionalsumme; Genitiv: der Aversionalsumme, Plural: die Aversionalsummen Aversum

 

French Dictionary

aversion

aversion n. f. nom féminin Antipathie profonde. : Avoir de l ’aversion contre quelqu ’un. Je n ’ai pas d ’aversion pour le vin. SYNONYME haine . Note Syntaxique Le complément du nom aversion est introduit par pour, contre ou à l ’égard de. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom inversion, action de mettre quelque chose dans un sens opposé. LOCUTION Avoir quelqu ’un, quelque chose en aversion. Haïr.

 

Spanish Dictionary

aversión

aversión nombre femenino Sentimiento de rechazo o repugnancia hacia una persona o cosa :siento verdadera aversión a las entrevistas; tiene aversión a los lugares cerrados .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del latín aversio, aversionis ‘alejamiento ’, ‘aversión ’, derivado de avertere ‘apartar ’, procedente de vertere ‘girar ’. De la familia etimológica de verter (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

aversion

a ver sion /əvə́ː r ʒ (ə )n |-ʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 〖具体例ではan ～〗 «…に対する /…することに対する » 嫌悪, 反感 «to , for , from /to do ing » ▸ have an aversion to snakes ヘビをひどく嫌う 2 C 〖通例one 's pet ～〗(個人的に )嫌いな物 [人 ].～́ th è rapy 嫌忌療法 .