Term: adverse





Adverse (adjective) /ædˈvɜːrs/:

  1. Preventing success or development; harmful or unfavorable. LV: nelabvēlīgs, kaitīgs.
  2. Acting in a contrary or opposing direction. LV: pretējs.

Example sentences:

  1. The flight was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, including heavy fog and high winds.
  2. The project was delayed because the team faced adverse circumstances they hadn’t planned for.
  3. Lack of sleep can have an adverse effect on your ability to focus and make decisions.

Common phrases:

  • Adverse reaction: A harmful or unintended response to a drug or medical treatment.”A small percentage of patients may experience an adverse reaction to the new medication.”
  • Adverse effects: Negative consequences or results caused by an action or condition.”Scientists are studying the adverse effects of microplastics on marine life.”
  • Adverse possession: A legal principle where a person gains ownership of land by occupying it for a long time.”The squatter claimed the property through adverse possession after living there for twenty years.”
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
adverse (adjective)
1.
acting against or in a direction - contrary hostile hindered by adverse winds
2.
a) opposed to one's interests - an adverse verdict heard testimony adverse to their position , especially - unfavorable adverse criticism
b) causing harm - harmful adverse drug effects
3.
archaic opposite in position
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
adverse (adjective)
1.
opposed to one's interests
SYNONYMS:
counter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward
RELATED WORDS:
bad, baleful, baneful, evil; damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding; dangerous, hazardous, imperiling ( imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe; calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous; antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative; competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting
NEAR ANTONYMS:
beneficial, good, helpful, propitious, useful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, nondestructive, nonfatal, nonlethal, nonthreatening; unresistant; tolerant, understanding; affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, complying, congenial, cordial, friendly, hospitable
advantageous, favorable, friendly, positive, supportive, sympathetic, well-disposed
adverse (adjective)
2.
causing or capable of causing harm
SYNONYMS:
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
RELATED WORDS:
hostile, inimical, unfriendly; contagious, deadly, infectious, infective, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous; insidious, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; hazardous, imperiling ( imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound; nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; destructive, fatal, killer, lethal, malignant, ruinous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
advantageous, beneficial, useful; favorable, good, propitious; curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome; secure, sound; benignant; noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous
anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe
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