adverseness
State of opposition
Adverseness is the quality of being adverse—unfavorable, hostile, or working against something.
The word describes conditions or circumstances that oppose success or well-being: the adverseness of the weather, the adverseness of public opinion.
It's a formal noun form where *adversity* usually serves the same purpose more naturally.
Active opposition or hostility
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
acrimony · hatred · aggression · belligerence · combativeness · pugnacity · rancor · malevolence
Capacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- counteractionNeutralizing opposing effort
obstruction · hindrance · impediment · objection · dissent · noncompliance · recalcitrance · intransigence
Lack of approval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- disadvantageUnfavorable circumstance or condition
- detrimentCause of damage
- harmfulnessCapacity to cause damage
negativity · undesirability · inhospitality · unpropitious · inauspiciousness · inconvenience · inopportuneness · unsuitability
Resistance between touching surfaces
- discordLack of agreement
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
dispute · feud · contrariety · tension · disagreement · disharmony · incompatibility · variance
antagonism
Active opposition or hostility
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
antipathy · acrimony · hatred · aggression · belligerence · combativeness · pugnacity · rancor · malevolence · ill will
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
counteraction · obstruction · hindrance · impediment · objection · dissent · noncompliance · recalcitrance · intransigence · refusal
disfavor
Lack of approval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- disadvantageUnfavorable circumstance or condition
- detrimentCause of damage
harmfulness · negativity · undesirability · inhospitality · unpropitious · inauspiciousness · inconvenience · inopportuneness · unsuitability · unluckiness
friction
Resistance between touching surfaces
confrontation · dispute · feud · contrariety · tension · disagreement · disharmony · incompatibility · variance · antagonization
adversenessfriendliness
Warm, welcoming disposition
supportiveness · favorableness · agreeableness · cordiality · receptiveness
adversenessfavorableness
Quality of being advantageous
auspiciousness · advantageousness · conduciveness · opportuneness · helpfulness
reverse, diverse, converse, adverse, controversy, inverse, adversary, adversity, perverse