Definitions for: Adverse

[adj] in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"
[adj] contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ad"verse, a. [OE. advers, OF. avers, advers, fr. L.
adversus, p. p. advertere to turn to. See Advert.]
1. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed;
contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an
adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

2. Opposite. ``Calpe's adverse height.'' --Byron.

3. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;
contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous;
afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse
circumstances, things adverse.

Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as
well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune.
--Southey.

Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property
avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another
person. --Abbott.

Syn: Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See Averse.

Ad*verse", v. t. [L. adversari: cf. OF. averser.]
To oppose; to resist. [Obs.] --Gower.

Synonyms: contrary, harmful, inauspicious, unfavorable, unfavourable, untoward

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