adverse
ad-VURSadjMeaning harmful or unfavorable; working against you
Memory hook AD-VERSE: the wind TURNS against you. Ivy runs east with her kite, but the wind turns and blows hard the other way; adverse winds work against her.
The soccer final was put off a week because of adverse weather: hail, lightning and high winds.
In context Despite adverse conditions, including a broken-down bus and a cold, steady rain, the band reached the parade on time and played the whole route.
Similar unfavorable, harmful, hostile, damaging
Opposite favorable, beneficial, helpful
From Latin adversus, “turned toward, facing, opposed,” from advertere: ad (toward) + vertere (to turn).