averse

We are averse to such noisy surroundings.

The minister is averse to/from flattery.

was averse to sharing a table with them; investors who are averse to risk-taking.

as a former CIA director, he is not averse to secrecy.

I am not averse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work.

She was so self-conceited that she was averse to all advice from others.

I don’t smoke cigarettes, but I’m not averse to the occasional cigar.

He is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.

If you are averse to something, you are against it, you don't like it.

But Jobs was congenitally averse to such a plan.

But in business, being risk averse can result in stagnation.

Yet governments are persistently averse to providing estimates of how much carbon a policy saves.

Convivial, and not averse to a drink, Nancy Wake could often be found cheering up a cocktail bar.

When he couldn't by text, he wasn't averse to a little skulduggery to get what he wanted.

Being risk averse in the workplace can also cause women to be more reluctant to take on challenging tasks.

But Philip was averse to losing his temper.

I was seen as somebody who was litigation averse.

The youth seemed averse to explanation.