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opposed to oneʼs interests<all the adverse publicity really caused the movie star's popularity to suffer>Synonymscounter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympatheticRelated Wordsbad, baleful, baneful, evil; damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, murderous, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding; dangerous, hazardous, imperiling, jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe; defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous; antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative; competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resistingNear Antonymsbeneficial, good, helpful, propitious, useful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, nondestructive, nonfatal, nonlethal, nonthreatening; unresisting, unresistant; tolerant, understanding; agreeable, affable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, congenial, cordial, complying, friendly, hospitableAntonymsadvantageous, favorable, friendly, positive, supportive, sympathetic, well-disposed
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causing or capable of causing harm<the adverse effects of the drug are too severe to allow it to be marketed>— see harmful
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