averseness

noun

Definition of aversenessnext
as in dislike
a strong feeling of not liking or approving our dog's strong averseness to getting a bath

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  1. dislike
  2. hatred
  3. distaste
Noun
  • Despite his general dislike of the GOP and Trump, Lidie thinks things bode well for the industry under the new administration.
    Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris won Maryland’s 10 electoral college votes Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Donald Trump in a state that has consistently backed Democratic presidential nominees for decades and has displayed a deep dislike of the former president.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of dislike
Noun
  • All of the hatred and violence of their relationship all culminated in this moment.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But this act also gave people permission to go far enough—to acknowledge their righteous hatred of our depraved health-care system, and even to conjure something funny or silly or joyous out of that hate.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of hatred
Noun
  • It’s suspected the shooter was motivated by a distaste for insurance industry practices.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Isaacman has also publicly expressed his distaste for certain elements of NASA’s current Artemis program, including how the space agency handed out multiple contracts for the development of a lunar lander that will ferry astronauts from Orion down to the lunar surface.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of distaste
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