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- Dictionaryad·verse/ˈadˌvərs/
adjective
- 1. preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable: "taxes are having an adverse effect on production" Similar Opposite
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Adverse means acting against or in a contrary direction, opposed to one's interests, or causing harm. Learn the difference between adverse and averse, see synonyms, examples, and word history.
Adverse means having a negative or harmful effect on something. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as publicity, weather, conditions, and reactions, with synonyms and examples.
Adverse is seldom used of people but rather of effects or events, and it usually conveys a sense of hostility or harmfulness: adverse reviews; adverse winds; adverse trends in the economy. Related nouns are adversity and adversary: Adversities breed bitterness.
Adverse means having a negative or harmful effect on something. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as publicity, weather, or reactions, with synonyms and translations.
Coming from the Latin adversus meaning "turned against," adverse is an adjective describing a factor that seems to work against or actively harm something. Think of the related word, adversary, which means "enemy or opponent," so that if something is adverse, it acts as if it were the enemy.
Adverse means unfavourable, hostile, or contrary to one's interests or desires. Learn how to use adverse in sentences, synonyms, pronunciation, and related words.
Adverse means negative and unpleasant; not likely to produce a good result. See how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, pronunciation and word origin.
