Adverse — synonyms, definition

1. adverse (a)

adversary alien antagonistic antipathetic bad catastrophic conflicting confronting contradictory counter critical deleterious depreciating detrimental different dim disastrous disparaging displeasing extraneous • • •

2. adverse (Adjective)

contrary inauspicious untoward

adverse (Adjective) — Contrary to your interests or welfare. ex. "adverse circumstances"

adverse (Adjective) — In an opposing direction. ex. "adverse currents"