averseness
Example Sentences
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Since Vietnam all media organizations had imbibed the conventional wisdom about the public’s apparent averseness to casualties.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2014
These tiring and perplexing thoughts begot in him an averseness to enter into the toil of considering and determining all casuistical points; because during that time, they neither gave rest to his body or mind.
From Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 by Izaak Walton
Now, whence proceeds such an invincible averseness to that opinion in so many men of sense?
From The Existence of God by Henry Morley
The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
In Janet’s estimation, the averseness of Graeme to bring herself in contact with strangers, had been a serious defect in her character.
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
