adj.

1. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic: adverse criticism.
2. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable: adverse circumstances.
3. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction: adverse currents.
4. Archaic. Placed opposite.

[Middle English, from Old French advers, from Latin adversus, past participle of advertere, to turn toward : ad-, ad- + vertere, to turn.]

adversely ad·verse'ly adv.
adverseness ad·verse'ness n.

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adjective

1. Acting against or in opposition: adversarial, antagonistic, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppositional. See support/oppose.
2. Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult: disadvantageous, negative, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward. See help/harm/harmless.

adj

Definition: unfavorable, antagonistic
Antonyms: advantageous, aiding, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, helpful, lucky, propitious

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Opposing the interests of the patient.

• a. drug reaction (ADR) — an undesirable and unintentional effect caused by a drug administered at the normal therapeutic dose.
• a. food reaction — an abnormal response to ingested food components. It may be immunologic or non-immunologic. See also food.
• a. syndrome — lesions of the rostral thalamus causing head turning, circling or deviation of the eyes toward the side of the lesion.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - In an opposing direction; Contrary to your interests or welfare.

Tutor's tip: Although you are not "averse" (disinclined) to eating strawberries, you could have an "adverse" (unfavorable) reaction to them.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som er imod, fjendtlig, ugunstig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongunstig, schadelijk

Français (French)
adj. - défavorable, négatif, hostile, contraire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ablehnend, widrig, ungünstig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αντίξοος, δυσμενής, αντίθετος, ενάντιος

Italiano (Italian)
avverso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - adverso, oposto, contrário

Русский (Russian)
вредный, враждебный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - contrario, adverso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fientlig, kritisk

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
逆向的, 相反的, 不利的, 有害的, 反面的, 敌对的, 反对的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 逆向的, 相反的, 不利的, 有害的, 反面的, 敵對的, 反對的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 반대의, 불리한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不利な, 反対する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير ملائم, معاكس, معاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עוין, מזיק, שלילי, מנוגד, נגדי‬

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