Definitions of adverse [ædˈvɜrs, ˈæd vɜrs]

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Definition of 'adverse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) adverse
unfavorable or antagonistic:
adverse criticism.

2. adverse
opposing one's interests or wishes:
adverse circumstances.

3. adverse
being in an opposite direction:
adverse winds.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < AF, OF advers < L adversus hostile, ptp. of advertere=ad-ad - +vertere to turn)

Definition of 'adverse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) adverse, inauspicious, untoward
contrary to your interests or welfare
"adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

2. (adj) adverse, contrary
in an opposing direction
"adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"

Definition of 'adverse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) adverse
acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste

2. (adj) adverse
opposite

3. (adj) adverse
in hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse

4. (verb) adverse
to oppose; to resist

Translation of 'adverse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: unfavourable adverse criticism.
Afrikaans: negatief, negatiewe, ongu	Arabic: مُنَاوِئ، مُعَاد، مُعَاكِ	Bulgarian: враждебен
Brazilian: desfavorável	Czech: nepříznivý	German: ungünstig
Danish: negativ; ugunstig; fjendt	Greek: δυσμενής	Spanish: adverso, desfavorable, ne
Estonian: ebasoodne	Farsi: مخالف؛ نامطلوب	Finnish: epäsuotuisa
French: défavorable	Hebrew: שְׁלִילִי	Hindi: प्रतिकूल
Croatian: nepoželjan	Hungarian: ellenséges	Indonesian: mencela, merugikan
Icelandic: neikvæður, óhagstæður	Italian: sfavorevole, avverso	Japanese: 敵対的な
Korean: 적대적인	Lithuanian: priešiškas, nepalankus	Latvian: nelabvēlīgs; naidīgs
Malay: kritikan	Dutch: ongunstig	Norwegian: negativ, ugunstig, fiendt
Polish: niepomyślny	Persian: مخالف؛ نامطلوب	Pashto: ضد، نا مطلوب
Portuguese: desfavorável	Romanian: defavorabil, nefavorabil	Russian: враждебный
Slovak: nepriaznivý	Slovenian: nenaklonjen	Serbian: nepovoljan
Swedish: somär emot, fientlig	Thai: ซึ่งไม่น่าพอใจ	Turkish: karşı, ters, aleyhte, olu
Taiwanese: 不利的	Ukrainian: шкідливий; несприятливий	Urdu: بر خلاف ، کم نصیب
Vietnamese: bất lợi	Chinese: 不利的
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