[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adverse \adverse"\, v. t. l. adversari: cf. of. averser.
   to oppose; to resist. obs. --gower.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adverse \ad"verse\, a. oe. advers, of. avers, advers, fr. l.
   adversus, p. p. advertere to turn to. see advert.
   1913 webster
   1. acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed;
      contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an
      adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
      1913 webster

   2. opposite. "calpe's adverse height." --byron.
      1913 webster

   3. in hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious;
      contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous;
      afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse
      circumstances, things adverse.
      1913 webster

            happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as
            well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune.
                                                  --southey.
      1913 webster

   adverse possession law, a possession of real property
      avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another
      person. --abbott.
      1913 webster

   syn: averse; reluctant; unwilling. see averse.
        1913 webster
see also:
advert adverse possession averse 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adverse
     adj 1: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
            circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the
            most untoward conditions" syn: harmful, inauspicious,
             untoward
     2: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
        wind" syn: contrary
see also:
harmful inauspicious untoward contrary 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

88 moby thesaurus words for "adverse":
   adversary, adversative, adversive, alien, antagonistic, anti,
   antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross-purposes, balancing,
   clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting,
   contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious,
   contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, counteractive,
   counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, cross,
   dead against, deleterious, detrimental, difficult, disaccordant,
   disadvantageous, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, enemy,
   eyeball to eyeball, fractious, hard, harmful, hostile, hurtful,
   impeding, in opposition, inconsistent, inimical, injurious,
   inverse, miserable, negative, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate,
   obstructive, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite,
   oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse,
   prejudicial, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, reverse,
   rigorous, rival, sinister, squared off, stressful, troublesome,
   troublous, trying, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly,
   unpropitious, unsatisfactory, untoward, wretched

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