adverse

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English

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Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) First attested around 1374, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French avers (French adverse), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adversus (“turned against”), past participle of advertere, from ad- (“to”) + vertere (“to turn”). See also versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/, /ədˈvɜ(ɹ)s/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

adverse (comparative adverser, superlative adversest)

  1. Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
    adverse criticism
    • (Can we date this quote by Southey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune.
    • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎[1]:
      He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.
  2. Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
    adverse circumstances.
  3. (not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
    the adverse page
    the adverse party

Usage notes

Adverse is sometimes confused with averse, though the meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to".

Derived terms

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See also

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adversus (“against, opposite”).

Adjective

adverse (plural adverses)

  1. adverse

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) adverse

  1. vocative masculine singular of adversus

References

  • “adverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

adverse

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of adversar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of adversar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of adversar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of adversar.
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