What is another word for aversions?

Pronunciation: [ɐvˈɜːʃənz] (IPA)

Aversions are defined as strong dislikes or feelings of repulsion towards something or someone. It can be challenging to express these emotions without repeating the same words repeatedly. However, there are several synonyms for the word "aversions" that can be used. Some of these synonyms include distaste, repugnance, antipathy, detestation, abhorrence, and hostility. These words can help add variety and depth to your writing. Additionally, using these synonyms can help you communicate your feelings more effectively, especially when expressing strong emotions towards certain things or people. By using synonyms effectively, you can enhance the language of your writing and make your point stand out.

Usage examples for Aversions

She stopped in one of her many aversions and reversions, and looked at him steadily across her shoulder.
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
"You're my guests," she said, trying to smile down old aversions.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
And now, suddenly, without any cause, except the aversion of a wife, whose aversions seldom troubled him in any great degree, is it natural that he should give up Harry Ormond, and suffer him to sacrifice himself in vain for the preservation of a conjugal peace, which Sir Ulick ought to have known could not by such a sacrifice be preserved?
"Tales & Novels, Vol. IX [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond]"
Maria Edgeworth

Famous quotes with Aversions

  • To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
    Marcus Aurelius
  • I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should. I will not hide my tastes or aversions.If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions.I do this not selfishly, but humbly and truly. It is alike your interest, and mine, and all men's, however long we have dwelt in lies, to live in truth.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority to the masses of one's fellow men, and (c) delicately and unceasingly amused according to one's taste. It is my contention that, if this definition be accepted, there is no country in the world wherein a man constituted as I am — a man of my peculiar weakness, vanities, appetites, and aversions — can be so happy as he can be in the United States.
    H. L. Mencken

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