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Definition: AVERSENESS |
AVERSENESSNoun1. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness. |
Date "AVERSENESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1692. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dislike | Repugnance, disgust, queasiness, turn, nausea, loathing; averseness, aversation, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate; animosity; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa, xenophobia. sickener; gall and wormwood; (unsavory); shuddering, cold sweat. |
Unwillingness | Averseness; (dislike); dissent; refusal. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "AVERSENESS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Finnish | karsaus (wryness), epäsuopeus. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Abgeneigtheit. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | αποστροφή (abhorrence, abomination, apostrophe, aversion, detestation, distaste, repugnance, repulsion). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | irtózás (aversion, disrelish, distaste, horror, loathing, repulsion, shudder, shuddering). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | neuaggindys (aversion), feohderys (aversion), feohderaght. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aversenessay avoghet (ill feeling). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AVERSENESS": aversenesses. (additional references) | |
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"AVERSENESS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Avesnes, everdenes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "AVERSENESS" (pronounced 'A*verse"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-n-r-s-s-s-v" | |
-3 letters: avenses, eveners, sarsens, seeress, serenes, veneers. | |
-4 letters: averse, erases, evener, nerves, nesses, ranees, ravens, reaves, reeves, reseen, resees, sarees, sarsen, savers, senses, serene, serves, sevens, severe, severs, snares, sneers, veenas, veneer, verses. | |
-5 letters: arses, asses, avens, avers, earns, eases, eaves, erase, ernes, erses, esses, evens, nares, naves, nears, nerve, never, neves, ranee, rases. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-n-r-s-s-s-v" | |
+1 letter: adverseness, gravenesses. | |
+2 letters: aversenesses, aversiveness, cravennesses. | |
+3 letters: adventuresses, adversenesses, assertiveness, averagenesses, disseverances, pervasiveness, privatenesses, versatileness. | |
+4 letters: abortivenesses, abrasivenesses, aggressiveness, aversivenesses, creativenesses, depravednesses, everydaynesses, overassessment, persuasiveness, provablenesses, ravenousnesses, reactivenesses, variablenesses, verticalnesses. | |
+5 letters: adversarinesses, assertivenesses, everlastingness, favorablenesses, lucrativenesses, marvelousnesses, normativenesses, operativenesses, overassessments, overeagernesses, overzealousness, pervasivenesses, removablenesses, serviceableness, superlativeness, universalnesses, venerablenesses, veraciousnesses, veritablenesses, versatilenesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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