Definition of adverse Adverse
/ædvɚˈs/ - [atdvers] - ad•verse
We found 13 definitions of adverse from 7 different sources.
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What does adverse mean?
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Adjectiveadverse, adverser, adversest |
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| adverse - contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" | ||
| inauspicious, untoward | ||
| unfavorable, unfavourable (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds" | ||
| adverse - in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind" | ||
| contrary | ||
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Wiktionary 
- adverse (Adjective)
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. - adverse (Adjective)
Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire. - adverse (Adjective)
Opposite; confronting.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adverse (a.)
Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. - adverse (a.)
Opposite. - adverse (a.)
In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. - adverse (v. t.)
To oppose; to resist.
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adverse
Contrary to one's interests or welfare.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adverse
ad′vėrs, adj. acting in a contrary direction (with to): opposed to: unfortunate: injurious.—adv. Ad′versely.—ns. Ad′verseness, Advers′ity, adverse circumstances: affliction: misfortune. [Through Fr. from L. adversus—ad, to, and vertĕre, versum, to turn.]
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adverse
The opposite of favourable; as, an adverse wind.
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