Antonyms for averted
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-vurt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɜrt |
Definition of averted
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French avertir (12c.), "turn, direct; avert; make aware," from Vulgar Latin *advertire, from Latin avertere "to turn away, to drive away," from ab- "from, away" (see ab-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Averted; averting.
- verb thwart; avoid by turning away
- Philæmon averted his face for a moment, and struggled hard with his feelings.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Had Mrs. Bines been above talking to low people, a catastrophe might have been averted.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She averted her head, plucking at the strands of the hammock.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "You must not worry yourself about this," he said to Roden, with averted eyes.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- She hated the place, and yet she seldom hurried by it or averted her eyes.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- Pechorin turned just the slightest bit pale and averted his head.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- His averted, almost shifty, eyes seemed to hold her attention.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But Mollie Babcock was dressing rapidly, and her face was averted.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- She glanced up at my own carrot-top, and then averted her gaze.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- The accident was only averted by a new automatic signalling apparatus.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
Synonyms for averted
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