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Adverse

Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

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Unfavorable 84% connected

Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

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Unfavorable 84% connected

Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

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Adversity 74% connected

Opposition; contrariety.

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Adversity 74% connected

Opposition; contrariety.

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Contrary 92% connected

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

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Inauspicious 92% connected

Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

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Untoward 92% connected

Toward.

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Bad 88% connected

Bade.

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Bad 87% connected

Bade.

effect 58% interchangeable less formal softer

Adverse describes an unfavourable or harmful effect.

A bad reaction. / An adverse reaction.
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Affirmative adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Appreciative adjective · 78% connection

feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word"

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Approbative adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Approbatory adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Approving adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Complimentary adjective · 78% connection

conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark"

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Critical adjective · 78% connection

marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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Damaging adjective · 78% connection

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

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Dismissive adjective · 78% connection

showing indifference or disregard; "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "‘chronic fatigue syndr…

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Favorable adjective · 78% connection

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Favourable adjective · 78% connection

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Negative adjective · 78% connection

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

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Plausive adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Positive adjective · 78% connection

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a…

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About adverb · 78% connection

To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…

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Acute adjective · 78% connection

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an ac…

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Anti unknown · 78% connection

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often…

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Anti-federalist noun · 78% connection

One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution o…

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Anticlastic adjective · 78% connection

Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surf…

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Antitrade noun · 78% connection

winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics

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Burgher noun · 78% connection

A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the…

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Counter adverb · 78% connection

Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

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Couple adjective · 78% connection

Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around paralle…

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Demurrer noun · 78% connection

A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alle…

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Doldrums noun · 78% connection

a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

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Faction noun · 78% connection

A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minorit…

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Hypallage noun · 78% connection

A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," t…

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Ill adjective · 78% connection

Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavo…

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Imparlance noun · 78% connection

Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustm…

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Kshatruya noun · 78% connection

The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste.

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Lead verb · 78% connection

To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a p…

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