Adverse (IPA: /ˈædˌvɝs/, /ædˈvɝs/, /ədˈvɝs/)
| Adverse (a.) |
Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. |
| Adverse (a.) |
Opposite. |
| Adverse (a.) |
In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. |
| Adverse (v. t.) |
To oppose; to resist. |
| Adverse |
Upcoming American film |
| Adverse Synonyms |
Unfavourable, Unfavorable, Contrary |
| Adverse Synonyms |
Inauspicious, Untoward, Harmful, Unfavourable, Unfavorable |
Adverse Rhymes
Bearce, Bearse, Bearss, Burse, Curse, Firsts, Furse, Hearse, Kearse, Kerce, Merce, Nurse, Pearse, Perce, Pers, Perse, Purse, Scearce, Terse, Verse, Worse |
Adverse, Averse, Coerce, Converse, Disburse, Disperse, Diverse, Emerse, Immerse, Inverse, Obverse, Perverse, Rehearse, Reverse, Submerse, Transverse, Traverse, Adverse |
Intersperse, Reimburse |
Biodiverse |
| Spanish Translation |
Adverse in Spanish is Adverso |
| Tagalog Translation |
Adverse in Tagalog is Pasalunga |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " But adverse soon they meet, with rage they glow, Like bulls fierce fighting for some favourite cow." - The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius (tr. Francis Fawkes) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " The king's name is a tower of strength, Which they upon the adverse party want." - Monarchy |
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