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   Ad·verse

   /ˈadˌvərs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable: "taxes are having an adverse effect on production" Similar unfavorabledisadvantageousinauspiciousunpropitiousunfortunateunluckyuntimelyuntowarddisagreeableunpleasantbadpoorterribledreadfuldirewretchednastyhostileharmfuldangerousinjuriousdetrimentalhurtfuldeleteriousdestructiveperniciousdisadvantageousunfavorableunfortunateunhealthyhostileunfavorableantagonisticunfriendlyill-disposednegativeopposingopposedcontrarydissentinginimicalantipatheticat oddsOpposite favorablebeneficialpositivefriendly

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French advers, from Latin adversus ‘against, opposite’, past participle of advertere, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Compare with averse.

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