aversion

strong dislike or turning away

Root

Other words with the vers / vert / verg root

  • adverse: unfavorable or opposed
  • advertise: to call attention to something
  • avert: to turn away or prevent
  • converge: to come together toward one point
  • diverge: to move apart from a shared point
  • divergent: moving or developing in different directions
  • divert: to turn aside or redirect

Aversion is the feeling of turning away from something.

After the crash, he felt an aversion to driving on mountain roads.

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