averseness
Feeling of unwillingness
Averseness is the quality of being averse—a reluctance or disinclination toward something.
The word is rare; aversion serves the same purpose more naturally: Her averseness to risk works, but her aversion to risk sounds less stilted.
Mild aversion or dislike
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- disfavorLack of approval
- disrelishMild aversion or antipathy
disapproval · displeasure · objection · disesteem · disinclination · opposition · disaffection · dissatisfaction
Delay from uncertainty
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- disinclinationLack of desire
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
ambivalence · reticence · misgivings · qualms · apprehension · second thoughts · uncertainty · wavering
Act of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- eschewingDeliberately avoiding something
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
dodging · keeping away · abstention · eluding · recoiling · shrinking · flinching · withdrawal
Act of declining
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
obstinacy · resistance · rejection · uncooperativeness · contrariness · insubordination · dissent · nonconformity
distaste
Mild aversion or dislike
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- disfavorLack of approval
disrelish · disapproval · displeasure · objection · disesteem · disinclination · opposition · disaffection · dissatisfaction · discontent
hesitation
Delay from uncertainty
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- disinclinationLack of desire
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
resistance · ambivalence · reticence · misgivings · qualms · apprehension · second thoughts · uncertainty · wavering · vacillation
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- eschewingDeliberately avoiding something
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
circumvention · dodging · keeping away · abstention · eluding · recoiling · shrinking · flinching · withdrawal · retreat
refusal
Act of declining
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
intransigence · obstinacy · resistance · rejection · uncooperativeness · contrariness · insubordination · dissent · nonconformity · obstructionism
aversenessfondness
Warm liking or affection
liking · affinity · inclination · attraction · willingness
adverse, avert, adversity, aversion, averse, averted, inadvertent, adversely, averting