adverse

adj.不利的，有害的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
adverse (adjective)
1.
acting against or in a direction - contrary hostile hindered by adverse winds
2.
a) opposed to one's interests - an adverse verdict heard testimony adverse to their position , especially - unfavorable adverse criticism
b) causing harm - harmful adverse drug effects
3.
archaic opposite in position
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
adverse (adjective)
1.
opposed to one's interests
SYNONYMS:
counter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward
RELATED WORDS:
bad, baleful, baneful, evil; damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding; dangerous, hazardous, imperiling ( imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe; calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous; antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative; competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting
NEAR ANTONYMS:
beneficial, good, helpful, propitious, useful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, nondestructive, nonfatal, nonlethal, nonthreatening; unresistant; tolerant, understanding; affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, complying, congenial, cordial, friendly, hospitable
advantageous, favorable, friendly, positive, supportive, sympathetic, well-disposed
adverse (adjective)
2.
causing or capable of causing harm
SYNONYMS:
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
RELATED WORDS:
hostile, inimical, unfriendly; contagious, deadly, infectious, infective, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous; insidious, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; hazardous, imperiling ( imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound; nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; destructive, fatal, killer, lethal, malignant, ruinous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
advantageous, beneficial, useful; favorable, good, propitious; curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome; secure, sound; benignant; noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous
anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe
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