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adverse
[ ad-vurs, ad-vurs ]
adjective
- unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect:
adverse criticism.
Synonyms: unfriendly, inimical, hostile
Antonyms: favorable
- opposing one's interests or desire:
adverse circumstances.
Synonyms: catastrophic, calamitous, disastrous, unfortunate, unlucky, unfavorable
Antonyms: favorable
- being or acting in a contrary direction; opposed or opposing:
adverse winds.
Antonyms: favorable
- opposite; confronting:
the adverse page.
adverse
/ ˈædvɜːs; ædˈvɜːs /
adjective
- antagonistic or inimical; hostile
adverse criticism
- unfavourable to one's interests
adverse circumstances
- contrary or opposite in direction or position
adverse winds
- (of leaves, flowers, etc) facing the main stem Compare averse
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Derived Forms
- adˈversely, adverb
- adˈverseness, noun
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Other Words From
- ad·verse·ly adverb
- ad·verse·ness noun
- un·ad·verse adjective
- un·ad·verse·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adverse1
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Example Sentences
“Any time you put a foreign substance into anybody you have the potential for an adverse event,” Geisbert reminds.
I think it's good that it doesn't look like there was any serious adverse event, I mean, nobody was hospitalized.
Human trials of the Ebola vaccine have been temporarily shut down due to adverse side effects.
However, just because a vaccine is replication-defective does not mean that you won't have an adverse event.
For the individual patient, there is the potential for side effects or adverse reactions.
At last his anxiety reached a point where he was positive that if he received an adverse decision, it would surely kill him.
He must have seen, long before November 1292, that an adverse decision was a foregone conclusion.
Clear as our case was to us the Conference seemed unconvinced, and we began to fear an adverse vote.
It is true that an adverse claimant cannot give any title to her husband's land that would bar her right thereto.
Adverse critics contended that he unduly protected the Filipino to the prejudice of the white manʼs interest.
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