Averse vs Pink - What's the difference?
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Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
* {{quote-book, year=2004
, author=Arthur Schopenhauer
, title=Essays of Schopenhauer
, chapter=2
* {{quote-book, year=1885
, author=E. T. A. Hoffmann
, title=The Entail
Turned away or backward.
* Dryden
(obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to'' or ''from ).
To turn away.
(regional) The common minnow,
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 642:
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus , sometimes called carnations.
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment (of) some quality.
* Shakespeare
The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
*1928 , (Siegfried Sassoon), Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
*:I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink ’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
* 1986 , Michael J O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry , SUNY, page 69:
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt'', ''bourgeoisie .
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
* 1976 : Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
(of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
As an adjective averse
is having a repugnance or opposition of mind.As a verb averse
is to turn away.As a proper noun pink is
.As a noun pink is
(slang|derogatory|dated) an operative of the (pinkerton national detective agency).averse
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=This is why the most eminent intellects have always been strongly averse to any kind of disturbance, interruption and distraction, and above everything to that violent interruption which is caused by noise; other people do not take any particular notice of this sort of thing.}}
citation, passage=“I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, is really one of the most excellent and kind-hearted men in the world. As I have already told you, he did not assume these manners until the time he became lord of the entail; previous to then he was a modest, gentle youth. Besides, he is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.” As my uncle said these words he smiled mockingly, and the blood rushed hotly and furiously into my face.}}
- The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.
Usage notes
The terms (adverse) and averse'' are sometimes confused, though their meanings are somewhat different. ''Adverse'' most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an (adversity) or (adversary) — (''adverse winds''; ''an attitude adverse to our ideals''). ''Averse'' usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or (aversion) toward something (''a leader averse to war''; ''an investor averse to risk taking''). ''Averse'' is most often used with "''to''" in a construction like "''I am averse to…''". ''Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to".Synonyms
* (having a repugnance) disliking, disinclined, fromward, unwilling, reluctant, loathDerived terms
* aversely * averseness * risk-averseVerb
(avers)See also
* adverseAnagrams
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English
(wikipedia pink)Etymology 1
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) pincke.Etymology 3
Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken ‘hit, peck’.Verb
(en verb)- ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
- (Herbert)
Etymology 4
Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).Noun
(en noun)- This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks .
- Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
- the very pink of courtesy
- My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink .
- it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.
- Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink .
See also
*Adjective
(er)- The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.
- pink-collar; pink job
- the pink economy
- pink dollar; pink pound
