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.

simple past tense and past participle of averse

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of averse

plural of averseness

(obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning. / An object of dislike or repugnance. / (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

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