averse
adjective /əˈvɜːs/
/əˈvɜːrs/
[not before noun]- not averse to (doing) something liking something or wanting to do something; not opposed to doing something
- I mentioned it to Kate and she wasn't averse to the idea.
- averse to (doing) something (formal) not liking something or wanting to do something; opposed to doing something
- He was averse to any change.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin aversus ‘turned away from’, past participle of avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’.