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Synonyms for adverse
ædˈvɜrs, ˈæd vɜrsad·verse
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
adverse
Synonyms:
alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlikeAntonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
adverse
Synonyms:
opposed to, unlucky, hard, hostile, antagonistic, unpropitious, opposite, conflicting, contrary, unfavorableAntonyms:
favorable, friendly, amicable, propitious, fortunate, lucky
Princeton's WordNet
adverse, inauspicious, untowardadjective
contrary to your interests or welfare
"adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
Synonyms:
unseemly, indecorous, untoward, inauspicious, contrary, ill, unbecoming, uncomely, indecent, ominous, unfortunateAntonyms:
favourable, favorableadverse, contraryadjective
in an opposing direction
"adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"
Synonyms:
perverse, obstinate, untoward, inauspicious, wayward, contraryAntonyms:
favourable, favorable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
adverseadjective
Synonyms:
contrary, opposing, unpropitious, counteracting, conflicting, HEAD, not propitiousadverseadjective
Synonyms:
hostile, inimical, antagonisticadverseadjective
Synonyms:
unprosperous, untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, disastrous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "adverse":
negative, harmful, unfavourable, undesirable, detrimental, unfavorable, unwanted, damaging, injurious, deleterious, disadvantageous, bad, prejudicial, non-performing, undesired, inclement, perverse, iatrogenic, noxious, pernicious, opposing, hostile
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#596 | hard | |
#841 | bad | |
#1986 | cold | |
#2605 | negative | |
#4320 | ill | |
#5425 | opposite | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#9085 | distant | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#10563 | unwanted | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#12575 | opposing | |
#12840 | unfortunate | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#15258 | conflicting | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#21797 | undesirable | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#27323 | unfavorable | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#30442 | indecent | |
#31554 | perverse | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#31860 | ominous | |
#32663 | unlucky | |
#33621 | wayward | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#41054 | prejudicial | |
#41659 | inclement | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#45446 | estranged | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#51861 | unfavourable | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#58330 | undesired | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#66269 | warlike | |
#72742 | unseemly | |
#79668 | untoward | |
#80903 | unbecoming | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#92877 | iatrogenic | |
#96594 | disadvantageous | |
#115380 | bellicose | |
#137695 | inauspicious |
How to use adverse in a sentence?
Climate change involves a lot of actors and central banks have to play a role, for instance, something that we have started to consider is including climate change potential risks in the adverse scenario of the (banking sector) stress tests.
The market has perhaps underestimated the adverse impact that the Delta variant could bring to economic rebound and give central banks reason to delay tapering.
The patient often has some kind of adverse reaction, such as a rash, itching, wheezing, rapid heart rate, fever, or body aches.
They are notorious for using videos and images purportedly showing the adverse effects of vaccines, such as autism in children and seizures in other vaccine recipients, the more emotive and graphic the videos and images — irrespective of whether it's actually linked at all to vaccines or not — the better.
While most people can readily observe and believe that air pollution may cause lung diseases, it is in fact cardiovascular diseases that are the largest adverse health effect of fine particulate matter exposure.
Translations for adverse
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- معاكسArabic
- противопоставящ се, неблагоприятен, враждебен, обратенBulgarian
- widrig, gegnerischGerman
- adverso, contrario, opuesto, desfavorableSpanish
- nurja, vastakkainen, epäsuotuisaFinnish
- défavorableFrench
- meefoayroilManx
- प्रतिकूलHindi
- ostile, contrario, avversoItalian
- לוואיHebrew
- 不利なJapanese
- ugunstig, motstående, uhensiktsmessigNorwegian
- niekorzystny, niepomyślny, niesprzyjającyPolish
- opus, advers, nefavorabil, opusă, ostilRomanian
- противоположный, неблагоприятный, враждебныйRussian
- tersTurkish
- bất lợiVietnamese
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