Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
- 2adjective
Opposite.
- 3adjective
In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
- 4transitive verb
To oppose; to resist.
- 5adjective
in an opposing direction
"adverse currents"
"a contrary wind"
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- 6adjective
contrary to your interests or welfare
"adverse circumstances"
"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
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