Adverse
Synonyms for adverse
adj unfavorable, antagonistic
inimical
conflicting
negative
unfriendly
detrimental
unfortunate
disadvantageous
injurious
contrary
inopportune
opposed
opposing
opposite
ornery
reluctant
repugnant
stuffy
unlucky
unpropitious
unwilling
allergic to
down on
down side
have no use for
oppugning
Antonyms for adverse
friendly
kind
advantageous
assisting
beneficial
helpful
auspicious
fortunate
lucky
good
nice
aiding
favorable
propitious
Usage Notes
The adjectives adverse and averse are related both etymologically and semantically, each having “opposition” as a central sense. 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. Averse is used of persons and means “feeling opposed or disinclined”; it often occurs idiomatically with a preceding negative to convey the opposite meaning “willing or agreeable,” and is not interchangeable with adverse in these contexts: We are not averse to holding another meeting. The related noun is aversion: She has a strong aversion to violence. Averse is usually followed by to, in older use occasionally by from.
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