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Definition
working against one's interests- She did an impressive job given the adverse circumstances.
adverse = working against one's interests
- The FDA (Federal Drug Administration) discovered the problem while reviewing adverse events reported in the database.
- could adversely affect the war effortDalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun
- To admit no traffic to our adverse towns;William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors
- Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.Cicero
- We shaved the Cape very close to avoid an adverse current.Conrad, Joseph -- The Mirror of the Sea
- These, as usual, would be exaggerated by the adverse interest of the parties.Hamilton, Alexander -- Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton
- Robert had tried to hold his place in the world, but adverse fortune kept him down.Collins, Wilkie -- My Lady's Money
- Combat with adverse planets in the heavens.Shakespeare, William -- King Henry VI, Part 1
- I'm not unusually adverse or allergic to tests, at least no more than anyone else.Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
- Why, our battalia trebles that account: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength, Which they upon the adverse faction want.William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- All's well that ends well yet, Though time seem so adverse and means unfit.William Shakespeare -- All's Well That Ends Well
- Not being noticed at all was better than being noticed adversely.John Steinbeck -- East of Eden
- I learned from her example how to operate in such adverse conditions with grace and charm, with patience and kindness.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- You mean, do you, that the second arrest would have an adverse influence on the judge and the verdict he passes on the defendant?Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- Adverse winds are holding mad Christmas in him, boys.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- What I want to know is how we're going to handle any adverse publicity if it does occur."Walter Dean Myers -- Hoops
- The hero stood Adverse, with planted feet, and, from the right, Tugg'd at the solid stone with all his might.Virgil -- The Aeneid
- Jasper's been thinking about cheating — adverse as he is to the idea, he's nothing if not practical — but he won't suggest it.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- Thus prepared to expect adverse circumstances, she had acquired the firmness necessary for acting under them.Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
adverse = undesired (bad)
adversely = in a negative way (work against)
adverse = working against the interest of