Crossword-Solution: AVERSE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Averse | a. | Turned away or backward. |
| Averse | a. | Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. |
| Averse | v. t. & i. | To turn away. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| AVERSE | anagram | ASEVER, REAVES, RESAVE, SEAVER, VARESE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AVERSE (5)
The end of life was reserved for the Dog, wherefore the old man is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, tolerant only of his own household, but averse to strangers and to all who do not administer to his comfort or to his necessities.
But it was manifest that all, except the Isosceles, were moved by his words and were either neutral or averse to the Bill.
His cold and proud nature was always averse, however, from anything in the shape of public applause, and he bound me in the most stringent terms to say no further word of himself, his methods, or his successes—a prohibition which, as I have explained, has only now been removed.
Royall, though monosyllabic at home, was not averse, in certain moods, to imparting his views to his fellow-townsmen; perhaps, also, he was unwilling that his rare clients should surprise him sitting, clerkless and unoccupied, in his dusty office.
What would you have said later?” “That for a man who is generally averse to meddling, you were suddenly rather officious.” Rowland’s countenance fell.
Quotes with AVERSE (3)
It was truer to my father to let the songs he'd sung die with him, little by little, averse at a time. How could these art-mongers constantly ignore the mortality of beauty, a pleonasm if ever I'd heard one?
As you wish, of course." Lucius lowered the volume on an old record player, which spun a warped vinyl disk that wailed unfamiliar music, scratchy and whiny, like cats fighting. Or a coffin with rusty hinges opening and closing over and over again in a deserted mausoleum. "Do you like Croatian folk?" heasked, seeing my interest. "It reminds me of home.""I prefer normal music.""Ah, yes, your MTV with all the bumping and grinding. Like a shot of raging adolescent hormones admini…
The goal of argumentation is to make a case so forceful (note the metaphor) that skeptics are coerced into believing it — they are powerless to deny it while still claiming to be rational. In principle, it is the ideas themselves that are, as we say, compelling, but their champions are not always averse to helping the ideas along with tactics of verbal dominance, among them intimidation (“Clearly . . .”), threat (“It would be unscientific to . . .”), authority (“As Popper sho…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 376 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).