adverse
adjective
[ ˈadvəːs ]
• preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.
• "taxes are having an adverse effect on production"
Similar:
unfavourable,
disadvantageous,
inauspicious,
unpropitious,
unfortunate,
unlucky,
untimely,
untoward,
disagreeable,
unpleasant,
bad,
poor,
terrible,
dreadful,
dire,
wretched,
nasty,
hostile,
harmful,
dangerous,
injurious,
detrimental,
hurtful,
deleterious,
destructive,
pernicious,
unhealthy,
antagonistic,
unfriendly,
ill-disposed,
negative,
opposing,
opposed,
contrary,
dissenting,
inimical,
antipathetic,
at odds,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French advers, from Latin adversus ‘against, opposite’, past participle of advertere, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Compare with averse.
