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Another word for adverse

adverse Synonyms

adverse

modif.

Hostile
antagonistic, conflicting, inimical; see opposing 2, unfriendly 1.
Unfavorable
unpropitious, inopportune, disadvantageous; see unfavorable 2.

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Another word for adverse

adjective

Acting against or in opposition:
adversarial, antagonistic, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppositional. See support
Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult:
disadvantageous, negative, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward. See help

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He remained adverse to any case where he knew for sure that someone was killed.
He listened to no adverse criticism and receded before no obstacle.
The papacy was weakened by its contest with these adverse elements, and it was through its failure to triumph over them that its dream of European dominion, both temporal and spiritual, entered but very incompletely into the field of realities.
His Russophile policy caused some adverse criticism in Hungary.
In May, however, an adverse vote of the Chamber on a purely technical matter led to his resignation.

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