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Synonyms & Antonyms of adverse
1
opposed to one's interests
- all the adverse publicity really caused the movie star's popularity to suffer
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- damaging,
- deleterious,
- destructive,
- detrimental,
- fatal,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- ill,
- injurious,
- lethal,
- malignant,
- murderous,
- noxious,
- pernicious,
- poisonous,
- ruinous,
- threatening,
- troublesome,
- unhealthy,
- wounding
- dangerous,
- hazardous,
- imperiling
- (or imperilling),
- jeopardizing,
- parlous,
- perilous,
- risky,
- unsafe
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2
causing or capable of causing harm
- the adverse effects of the drug are too severe to allow it to be marketed
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The first known use of adverse was in the 14th century
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