adverse

adverse is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
2. adjective. Opposite.
3. adjective. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
4. transitive verb. To oppose; to resist.
5. adjective. in an opposing direction

   "adverse currents"

   "a contrary wind"

   Synonyms: contrary

6. adjective. contrary to your interests or welfare

   "adverse circumstances"

   "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

   Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward

Synonyms

contrary, inauspicious, untoward

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in adverse:

evaders

Common word forms

adversed, adversely, adversing, adverseness

Words from these letters

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