Term: adverse
Adverse (adjective) /ædˈvɜːrs/:
- Preventing success or development; harmful or unfavorable. LV: nelabvēlīgs, kaitīgs.
- Acting in a contrary or opposing direction. LV: pretējs.
Example sentences:
- The flight was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, including heavy fog and high winds.
- The project was delayed because the team faced adverse circumstances they hadn’t planned for.
- 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, untowardRELATED 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, resistingNEAR 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, hospitable2.
causing or capable of causing harm
SYNONYMS:
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wickedRELATED 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, ruinousNEAR 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