Definition of adverse
- a. - Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed;
contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a
spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
- a. - Opposite.
- a. - In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;
contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful;
as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
- v. t. - To oppose; to resist.
- a. - Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed;
contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a
spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
- a. - Opposite.
- a. - In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;
contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful;
as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
- v. t. - To oppose; to resist.