Reverse Dictionary: ADVERSE

ADJECTIVES
1325 — TURNED  opposite, contrary, adverse → obs.
1420 — ADVERSANT adverse, hostile to; opposing oneself, opposing → obs.
1432 — SINISTER adverse, prejudicial, adverse, unfavourable, darkly suspicious; said of opinions, etc. → obs.
1475 — SINISTRAL adverse; unlucky → obs.
1577 — OPPOSITE adverse, opposed in will or action, hostile, antagonistic → obs.
1595 — OPPOSITE adverse: antagonistic, repugnant; said of things → obs.
1598 — IMPROSPEROUS adverse to prosperity, unfavourable; said of fortune, etc. → obs.
1601 — ADVERSATIVE of adverse or opposing tendency → obs.
1641 — INIMICITIOUS adverse, hostile, unfriendly, inimical → obs.
1647 — OPPONENT adverse, antagonistic, contrary, opposed 
1731 — ADVERSABLE that is adverse or contrary to → obs.
1768 — THRAW adverse; said of fortune → Sc. obs.
1773 — THRAWART adverse, unfavourable; said of fate, etc. → Sc.
1826 — ADVERSARIOUS adverse, opposed, hostile 

ADVERBS
1475 — ADVERSARILY adversely, hostilely → obs.
1600 — SINISTERLY adversely, unfavourably → obs.

NOUNS
..893 — WANSPEED adversity, ill-success; poverty 
1175 — WANDRETH adversity, misery, distress, hardship; poverty → obs.
1205 — DERF adversity, trouble, tribulation, hurt, suffering → obs.
1426 — WRACK adversity, misfortune; the ruin, downfall, or overthrow of a person → obs.
1528 — IMPROSPERITY adversity, bad fortune, ill success; want of, or the opposite of prosperity → obs.
1546 — THE BLACK OX misfortune, adversity; old age
1552 — SMARTS adversity; loss, damage → obs.
1573 — CROSS adversity, misfortune; a trouble, vexation, annoyance; anything that thwarts or crosses 
1874 — HARD HAP adversity, misfortune → Eng. dial.
1881 — CROSS-HAP adverse fortune or occurrence 
1950 — STINGER an unpleasant or adverse element → US sl.
1984 — PUSH-BACK adverse reaction, negative feedback; resistance, disagreement → orig. & chiefly US

PHRASES
1999 — THINGS ARE CROOK AT TALLAROOK catch-phrase to cover any adverse situation → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1393 — ADVERSE to be adverse or opposed to; to oppose → obs.
1795 — COME THROUGH THE HARD to experience adverse fortune; to encounter difficulties → Sc.
1867 — ROW AGAINST WIND AND TIDE to work in adverse circumstances or in the face of opposition; to undertake a difficult or arduous task 
..20C — ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES to cope with and survive adversity → colloq.
..20C — TAKE IT to suffer adversity and unhappiness without complaint → sl.
1920 — TAKE IT ON THE CHIN to suffer adversity and hardship without complaint → orig. US