ADVERSE
\advˈɜːs], \advˈɜːs], \a_d_v_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of ADVERSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
By Princeton University
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contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
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Opposite.
By Oddity Software
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Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
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Opposite.
By Noah Webster.
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Opposed to; opposite; unfavorable; contrary; hostlle; unfortunate; as, adverse circumstances.
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Adversely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Acting with contrary directions; calamitous, afflictive, opposed to prosperous.
By Thomas Sheridan
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