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adj. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic: adverse criticism.

adj. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable: adverse circumstances.

adj. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction: adverse currents.

adj. Archaic Placed opposite.

adj. Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.

adj. Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.

adj. Opposite; confronting.

adj. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting

adj. Opposite.

adj. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful.

v. To oppose; to resist.

Being or acting in a contrary direction; opposed or opposing in position or course; opposite; confronting: most commonly used of hurtful or hostile opposedness, but sometimes of mere opposition in space.

Antagonistic in purpose or effect; opposite; hostile; inimical: as, an adverse party; adverse criticism.

Opposing desire; contrary to the wishes or to supposed good; hence, unfortunate; calamitous; unprosperous: as, adverse fate or circumstances.

In botany, turned toward the axis: the opposite of averse, but rarely used. See anatropous.

Averse, Inimical, etc. See hostile.

Unfortunate, unlucky, calamitous, untoward, disastrous.

To oppose.

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare

adj. in an opposing direction

"Major Nidal Hasan lectured senior Army physicians about what he called adverse effects if Muslim soldiers are sent to fight other Muslims."

unfavourable    unfavorable   

adverse leaf    adverse possession    adverse radicle    averse   

adversative    versus    adversity    adversary   

adverseness    adversely   

unwilling    reluctant    averse    opposed    contrary    opposite    conflicting    unfavorable    unpropitious    unfortunate   

Perse    averse    biodiverse    burse    coerce    converse    curse    disburse    disperse    diverse   

unfavorable    antagonistic    hostile    negative    disastrous    contradictory    disturb    environmental    beneficial    harmful