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# averse

«averse» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not liking something or strongly against it: «averse to»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (averse) — used after a verb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not liking something or strongly against it: «averse to» something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#m1)

2) «Not averse to» means quite happy to (a polite, slightly joking way to say you like it). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in formal talk and writing: «risk-averse» people avoid risks. Phrases: «averse to», «not averse to», «risk-averse».

### examples

- He's averse to getting up early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x1)
- I'm not averse to a second slice of cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x2)
- The cat is averse to water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x3)
- Some people are risk-averse with money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x4)
- She was averse to the idea of camping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x5)
- Grandpa isn't averse to a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x6)
- Sigurd was not averse to this, and asked his father where he thought it best to look for a wife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/#x7)

### note

Trap: «averse» (disliking) vs «adverse» (harmful, bad: «adverse weather»). Used after verbs: «He is averse to…».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «averse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.