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Adverse

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Adjective

1. adverse, inauspicious, untoward

contrary to your interests or welfare

Example Sentences:
'adverse circumstances'
'made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions'

2. adverse, contrary

in an opposing direction

Example Sentences:
'adverse currents'
'a contrary wind'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Adverse

see synonyms of adverse
adjective
1. 
antagonistic or inimical; hostile
adverse criticism
2. 
unfavourable to one's interests
adverse circumstances
3. 
contrary or opposite in direction or position
adverse winds
4. 
(of leaves, flowers, etc) facing the main stem
Compare averse (sense 2)

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Adverse

see synonyms of adverse
adjective
1. 
moving or working in an opposite or contrary direction; opposed
adverse river currents
2. 
unfavorable; harmful
the adverse effects of a drought
3. 
opposite in position
4.  Botany
turned toward the stem

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Adverse

see synonyms of adverse
adj.
1. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic: adverse criticism.
2. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable: adverse circumstances.
3. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction: adverse currents.

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