What does Adversary mean?
Definitions for Adversary
ad·ver·sa·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Adversary.
Princeton's WordNet
adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resisternoun
someone who offers opposition
Wiktionary
adversarynoun
An opponent or rival.
Adversarynoun
Satan
Adversarynoun
the Devil
Adversarynoun
Shaitan
Etymology: aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret), from aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from adversarius, from adversus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Adversarynoun
An opponent; antagonist; enemy: generally applied to those that have verbal or judicial quarrels; as, controvertists or litigants: sometimes to an opponent in single combat. It may sometimes imply an open profession of enmity; as we say, a secret enemy is worse than an open adversary.
Etymology: adversaire, Fr. adversarius, Lat.
Yet am I noble, as the adversary
I come to cope. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Those rites and ceremonies of the church, therefore, which were the self-same now that they were, when holy and virtuous men maintained them against profane and deriding adversaries, her own children have in derision. Richard Hooker, b. i. § 1.
Mean while th’ adversary of God and man,
Satan, with thoughts inflam’d, of highest design,
Puts on swift wings. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 620.An adversary, on the contrary, makes a stricter search into us, and discovers every flaw and imperfection in our tempers. A friend exaggerates a man’s virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 399.
Wikipedia
Adversary
An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks.
ChatGPT
adversary
An adversary is a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; an opponent or enemy. In a broader sense, it can also refer to anything that opposes or obstructs progress or achievement, such as a difficult situation or a challenging problem.
Webster Dictionary
Adversarynoun
one who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe
Adversaryadjective
opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic
Adversaryadjective
having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit
Wikidata
Adversary
The Adversary is a fictional character, a demonic supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Adversary
ad′vėrs-ar-i, n. an opponent: an enemy: Satan, as the general adversary of mankind. [O. Fr. aversier—L. adversarius. See Adverse.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
adversary
A party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the use of force may be envisaged.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
adversary
Generally applied to an enemy, but strictly an opponent in single combat.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
adversary
Generally applied to an enemy, but strictly an opponent in single combat.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Adversary in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Adversary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Adversary in a Sentence
Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.
He was, first and last, the born fighter, to whom the consciousness of being matched against a great adversary suffices and who can dispense with success. Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.
Putin is our adversary.
Our hands are not tied as they were in The Obama administration, the Obama administration is now the policy of United States to shoot back to deter( an) adversary's cyber operations. If we could get into their network, we could destroy their computers. We could take down the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps network affecting the banks.
Cyber is an ideal tool for Russia to use prior to an invasion, you can use( cyber operations) to be aggressive, to signal( intent) and potentially erode the influence of your adversary before bullets fly or without necessary escalating the situation to war.
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- خصمArabic
- съперник, противник, неприятелBulgarian
- protivníkCzech
- modstanderDanish
- GegnerGerman
- αντίπαλοςGreek
- adversaria, adversarioSpanish
- همیستار, هماوردPersian
- vastustaja, vihollinen, vastapuoliFinnish
- adversaire, ennemiFrench
- adversaryIrish
- adversarioGalician
- אויב, יריבHebrew
- ellenfélHungarian
- ախոյանArmenian
- musuhIndonesian
- óvinur, andstæðingurIcelandic
- avversario, avversariaItalian
- 相手, 敵Japanese
- adversaria, adversariusLatin
- tegenstanderDutch
- motstander, opponentNorwegian
- przeciwnik, adwersarzPolish
- adversárioPortuguese
- adversarRomanian
- неприятельница, соперница, соперник, неприятель, противницаRussian
- odporca, protivníkSlovak
- motståndareSwedish
- వ్యతిరేకిTelugu
- rakipTurkish
- đối thủVietnamese
- קעגנערYiddish
- 对手Chinese
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