adversenessn.
/ˈadvəːsnəs/, /ədˈvəːsnəs/, U.S. /ˈædˌvərsnəs/, /ədˈvərsnəs/ The quality or state of being adverse; aversion; hostility, opposition.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
1580 A. Munday Zelauto 125 Let Seleucus folly..forwarne thee what aduersenesse consisteth in this contagious disease, who ioyned his owne Wife with his sonne in mariage.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 81 Men, who..delight in hostility, and have an adversenesse and detestation of peace.
1662 T. Hobbes Mr Hobbes Considered 6 A new Parliament, consisting for the greatest part of such men as the People had elected only for their adverseness to the Kings Interest.
1791 R. Sadler Wanley Penson I. ii. 147 They attributed the whole of his behaviour to the loss of his uncle, and the adverseness of his fate.
1847 Knickerbocker Aug. 107 They [sc. the poems] are full of..vain repinings on account of the adverseness of Fortune.
1926 Mod. Lang. Notes 41 155 Spenser does not..explain the dragon's adverseness to the well.
2008 T. Niechoj in R. Koppl Explor. Austrian Econ. 126 A spontaneous order is not natural in the sense that it..maintains itself in spite of all adverseness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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