With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend. aversion: noun 1. a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders. 2. a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy: His pet aversion is guests who are always late. 3. Obsolete . the act of averting; a turning away or preventing. Based on the excerpts, which of the following sentences correctly uses the word aversion? Her tone of voice was full of aversion. She has always had an aversion to flying. He drove down the street with such aversion. His aversion for food has caused a drastic weight gain.