adverse

adverse has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
• a.. Opposite.
• a.. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
• v. t.. To oppose; to resist.
• a.. in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"
• a.. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"