English-Thai Dictionary

adversary

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น ปรปักษ์  ซึ่ง เป็น คู่ต่อสู้  sueng-pen-po-ra-pak

 

adversary

N คู่ต่อสู้  อมิตร  ข้าศึก  คู่ปรปักษ์  คู่อาฆาต  ปรปักษ์  ศัตรู  enemy opponent khu-to-su

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVERSARY

n.[See Adverse. ] 1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart.
The Lord shall take vengeance on his adversaries. Nahum 1:2.
In scripture, Satan is called THE adversary, by way of eminence. 1 Peter 5:8.
2. An opponent or antagonist, as in a suit at law, or in single combat; an opposing litigant.

 

ADVERSARY

a.Opposed; opposite to; adverse. In law, having an opposing party, as an adversary suit; in distinction from an application, in law or equity, to which no opposition is made.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADVERSARY

Ad `ver *sa *ry, n.; pl. Adversaries. Etym: [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse. ]

 

Defn: One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose

 

or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe. His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak. Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25.It may be thought that to vindicate the permanency of truth is to dispute without an adversary. Beattie. The Adversary, The Satan, or the Devil.

 

Syn. -- Adversary, Enemy, Opponent, Antagonist. Enemy is the only one of these words which necessarily implies a state of personal hostility. Men may be adversaries, antagonists, or opponents to each other in certain respects, and yet have no feelings of general animosity. An adversary may be simply one who is placed for a time in a hostile position, as in a lawsuit, an argument, in chess playing, or at fence. An opponent is one who is ranged against another (perhaps passively ) on the opposing side; as a political opponent, an opponent in debate. An antagonist is one who struggles against another with active effort, either in a literal fight or in verbal debate.

 

ADVERSARY

ADVERSARY Ad "ver *sa *ry, a.

 

1. Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [Archaic ] Bp. King.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adversary

ad ver sar y |ˈadvərˌserē ˈædvərˌsɛri | ▶noun ( pl. adversaries ) one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute: Davis beat his old adversary in the quarterfinals. • ( the Adversary ) the Devil. ▶adjective another term for adversarial: the confrontations of adversary politics. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French adversarie, from Latin adversarius ‘opposed, opponent, ’ from adversus (see adverse ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

adversary

adversary |ˈadvəs (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. adversaries ) one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute: Davis beat his old adversary in the quarter-finals. ▶adjective |ˈadvəs (ə )ri, adˈvəːsəri | another term for adversarial. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French adversarie, from Latin adversarius ‘opposed, opponent ’, from adversus (see adverse ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adversary

adversary noun once his devoted comrade at West Point, Arthur was now his adversary at Bull Run: opponent, rival, enemy, antagonist, combatant, challenger, contender, competitor, opposer; opposition, competition, foe. ANTONYMS ally, supporter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adversary

adversary noun he parried the strokes of his adversary with almost contemptuous ease: opponent, rival, enemy, foe, antagonist, combatant, challenger, contender, competitor, opposer, fellow contestant; opposition, competition; rare corrival. ANTONYMS ally, supporter.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adversary

ad ver sar y /ǽdvə r sèri |-s (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C ｟かたく ｠敵, 敵国 ; 競争相手 .à d ver s á r i al 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠敵対関係にある ; 〈制度などが 〉相対立する .