adverse

== English == === Etymology === First attested around 1374, from Old French avers (French adverse), from Latin adversus (“turned against”), past participle of advertere, from ad- (“to”) + vertere (“to turn”). See also versus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/, /ədˈvɜ(ɹ)s/ Rhymes: -ɜ(ɹ)s === Adjective === adverse (comparative more adverse or (rare or nonstandard) adverser, superlative most adverse or (rare or nonstandard) adversest) Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction. adverse criticism adverse weather Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire. (not comparable) Opposite; confronting. ==== Usage notes ==== Adverse is sometimes confused with averse, though the meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to". ==== Antonyms ==== proverse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adversary adversative adversity versus ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== averse === Anagrams === Deavers, Deveras, aversed, dreaves, evaders, re-saved, resaved, veredas == French == === Etymology === From Latin adversus (“against, opposite”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.vɛʁs/ === Adjective === adverse (plural adverses) adverse === Further reading === Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “adverse”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “adverse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Paronyms === averse === Anagrams === déversa == Latin == === Participle === adverse vocative masculine singular of adversus === References === “adverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “adverse”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Verb === adverse inflection of adversar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative