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- DictionaryAd·verse/ˈadˌvərs/
adjective
- 1. preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable: "taxes are having an adverse effect on production"
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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 meaning: 1. things that cause problems or danger: 2. something negative that is said or written about…. Learn more.
See adverse in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Definition of adverse adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adverse meaning, definition, what is adverse: not good or favourable: Learn more.
What does the word adverse mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word adverse . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
An adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention, such as surgery. An adverse effect may be termed a "side effect", when judged to be secondary to a main or therapeutic effect.
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. His adversaries countered his every move.
