Synonyms:
adverse, inauspicious, untoward
Meaning: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
Usage examples
But, oh, Alice! do not let it be adverse.
Eager, for David's sake, to draw no adverse comment upon herself, she took note of everything.
No doubt general opinion was adverse to poor Phineas Finn, but he was not without his party in the matter.
Man, by his nature and his instinct, is predestined to society; but his personality, ever varying, is adverse to it.
Should the fate of the dear survivor be equally adverse, how wretched will be the end of my cares-the end of my days!
It was his opinion that it was cheaper to quarry and concentrate lean ore in a big way than to attempt to mine, under adverse circumstances, limited bodies of high-grade ore.
Trading schooners and barques used in these localities are often fitted with petroleum oil engines, which enable them to continue their voyages during calm or adverse weather.
Varro wished to march against the enemy without delay, while Emilius was adverse to risking an engagement in a country which, being level and open, was favourable to the action of Hannibal's superior cavalry.