English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Adverse
(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.
Adverse
(a.)
Opposite.
Adverse
(a.)
In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;
contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful;
as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
Adverse
(v. t.)
To oppose; to resist.