averse
uh-VURSadjMeaning strongly opposed or unwilling
Memory hook A-VERSE: TURNED AWAY. Show Mittens the washtub, and she turns her whole body away, nose in the air. She is averse to baths.
Our cat is averse to baths.
In context Though usually averse to risk, the careful banker surprised everyone by leaving his job to open a surf shop.
Similar opposed, unwilling, disinclined, reluctant
Opposite eager, keen, inclined
From Latin aversus, “turned away”: ab (away) + vertere (to turn).