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Antonyms for adverse
ædˈvɜrs, ˈæd vɜrsad·verse

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. adverse

    Antonyms:
    favorable, friendly, amicable, propitious, fortunate, lucky

    Synonyms:
    opposed to, unlucky, hard, hostile, antagonistic, unpropitious, opposite, conflicting, contrary, unfavorable

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. adverse, inauspicious, untowardadjective

    contrary to your interests or welfare

    "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

    Antonyms:
    favourable, favorable

    Synonyms:
    unseemly, indecorous, untoward, inauspicious, contrary, ill, unbecoming, uncomely, indecent, ominous, unfortunate

  2. adverse, contraryadjective

    in an opposing direction

    "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"

    Antonyms:
    favourable, favorable

    Synonyms:
    perverse, obstinate, untoward, inauspicious, wayward, contrary

How to use adverse in a sentence?

  1. Cobb Scott:

    The other thing that's important to highlight is that we're only looking at cognitive functioning. We're not looking at risks for other adverse outcomes with cannabis use, like risk for psychosis, risks for cannabis use problems or other medical issues like lung functioning outcomes.

  2. Dennis McLerran:

    The letter is truly extraordinary, it just demonstrates that there are major adverse impacts from this project that need to be mitigated. And in some cases... in my view, can not be mitigated.

  3. Kristalina Georgieva:

    With no immediate medical solutions, more adverse scenarios might unfortunately materialize for some economies, it is the unknown about the behavior of this virus that is clouding the horizon for projections.

  4. Christina Richey:

    Institutions appear to be more worried about self-preservation than about their most vulnerable members, it's understandable from a financial standpoint, frankly, but when we don't see notorious harassers being fired or suffering any adverse consequences, we are less confident that complaints will be heard and adjudicated fairly. Then there are fewer complaints and less enforcement.

  5. Navy SEAL Ashley Nefzger:

    That's a weight lifted not only off of my shoulders, but off of so many transgender individuals that are serving right now, but also all of those who are not open and who are still unsure if they want to come out or unsure of themselves, that's allowing everybody to continue to be themselves without having to worry of any adverse effects from their command or being pushed out. And it allows them to serve with freedom in order to do their job.

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