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- Dictionaryadverse/ˈadvəːs/
adjective
- 1. preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable: "taxes are having an adverse effect on production" Similar Opposite
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harmful or likely to cause problems: A chain reaction of adverse events in the financial markets has put lenders under severe pressure. adverse effect/impact/change Recent bad publicity has had an adverse effect on sales.
The meaning of ADVERSE is acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile. How to use adverse in a sentence. Adverse vs. Averse
harmful or likely to cause problems: A chain reaction of adverse events in the financial markets has put lenders under severe pressure. adverse effect/impact/change Recent bad publicity has had an adverse effect on sales.
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.
Coming from the Latin adversus meaning "turned against," adverse is an adjective describing a factor that seems to work against or actively harm something. Think of the related word, adversary, which means "enemy or opponent," so that if something is adverse, it acts as if it were the enemy.
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. adjective. /ˈædvɜːs/, /ədˈvɜːs/ /ədˈvɜːrs/, /ˈædvɜːrs/ [usually before noun] negative and unpleasant; not likely to produce a good result. adverse change/circumstances/weather conditions. Lack of money will have an adverse effect on our research programme. They have attracted strong adverse criticism.
1. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic: adverse criticism. 2. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable: adverse circumstances. 3. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction: adverse currents.
ADVERSE definition: 1. things that cause problems or danger: 2. something negative that is said or written about…. Learn more.
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.
