aversive
Example Sentences
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We procrastinate on tasks we find “difficult, unpleasant, aversive or just plain boring or stressful.”
From Washington Post
Early iterations of e-cigarettes, they could only put in small amounts of nicotine so it wouldn’t be so aversive to your lungs.
From The Verge
Time will tell if the aversive conditioning helps the Wapiti Pack turn the corner and act more like wild wolves.
From Washington Times
Abramowitz defines exposure as “a process where you deliberately confront anxiety-provoking situations with the goal of recognizing that those situations are not as dangerous or aversive as you expected.”
From Washington Post
Difficult tasks, and particularly tasks involving heavy mental investment, come with an aversive experience of mental effort.
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
