averted

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈvɝtɪd/
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/əˈvɝtɪd/ · /əˈvɜːtɪd/

Definition of averted

3 senses · 2 parts of speech

adj

  1. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
    “It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]”
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adj

  1. Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
    “It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]”
  2. (also)Turned or directed away (from something).
    “[...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of avert

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