Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)

(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case. / (psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.

plural of aversive

In an aversive manner.

Quality or degree of being aversive.

(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.

Backward; in a backward direction / With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.

Having a repugnance or opposition of mind. / Turned away or backward. / (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from). / (heraldry) Turned so as to show the back, as of a right hand.

(transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.

The quality of being averse; opposition of mind.