aversive
Example Sentences
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"We found that flies consuming caffeine at night were less able to suppress movement, displaying impulsive behaviors such as reckless flying despite these aversive conditions."
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Some applications of Colorado’s prohibition “may address conduct—such as aversive physical interventions,” Justice Gorsuch says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Only 18% of owners who took part in the survey used no aversive training methods or aids.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024
As this finding would indicate, many animals, including humans, find the taste of ammonium chloride to be aversive — but as the popularity of salmiak would indicate, that’s not universally the case.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023
But she only bowed slightly to him, with a sidelong, aversive glance, and walked out of the room with a slow, rigid pace, like one that controls a tendency to giddiness.
From Indian Summer by Howells, William Dean
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
