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Adverse synonyms

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antagonistic
Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
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  1. Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
  2. Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
conflicting
Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
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  1. Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
  2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
inimical
Like an enemy; hostile; unfriendly
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  1. Like an enemy; hostile; unfriendly
  2. Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse:
  3. In opposition; adverse; unfavorable
disadvantageous
Causing or characterized by disadvantage; unfavorable; adverse; detrimental
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  1. Causing or characterized by disadvantage; unfavorable; adverse; detrimental
  2. Detrimental; unfavorable.
  3. Not advantageous.
adversarial
Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
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  1. Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
  2. Of or characterized by opposition, disagreement, hostility, etc., as between adversaries
  3. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
antagonistic
Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
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  1. Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
  2. Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
antipathetic
Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
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  1. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
  2. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
  3. Opposed or antagonistic in character, tendency, etc.
opposed
Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
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  1. Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
  2. Acting in opposition; opposing.
opposing
That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
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  1. That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
oppositional
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
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  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
disadvantageous
Not advantageous.
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  1. Not advantageous.
  2. Detrimental; unfavorable.
  3. Causing or characterized by disadvantage; unfavorable; adverse; detrimental
negative
Unfavorable or detrimental:
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  1. Unfavorable or detrimental:
  2. Hostile or disparaging; malicious:
  3. Gloomy; pessimistic:
unfavorable
Having or showing opposition; adverse:
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  1. Having or showing opposition; adverse:
  2. Adverse, contrary, or disadvantageous
  3. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
untoward
(Medicine) side effects
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  1. (Medicine) side effects
  2. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
  3. Unfavorable or adverse:
Find another word for adverse. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for adverse, like: antagonistic, conflicting, inimical, unpropitious, inopportune, disadvantageous, opposing, unfriendly, unfavorable, adversarial and antagonistic.

Sentence Examples

  • He listened to no adverse criticism and receded before no obstacle.

  • He remained adverse to any case where he knew for sure that someone was killed.

  • 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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