ADJECTIVE | all | unfavourable, unfavorable | not encouraging or approving or pleasing |
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all | unfavourable, unfavorable | (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose | |
all | unfavourable, disadvantageous, unfavorable | constituting a disadvantage |
Meaning | not encouraging or approving or pleasing. | |
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Synonym | unfavorable | |
Narrower | admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving | Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective |
adverse, inauspicious, untoward | contrary to your interests / interests or welfare | |
disapproving | Expressing or manifesting disapproval | |
discriminatory, invidious | Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | |
See also | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
critical | marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws | |
hostile | Characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will | |
negative | Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial | |
uncomplimentary | tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage | |
Opposite | favorable, favourable | encouraging or approving or pleasing |
Spanish | desfavorable | |
Catalan | desfavorable | |
Nouns | unfavourableness | the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success |
Meaning | (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose. | |
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Synonym | unfavorable | |
Narrower | adverse, contrary | In an opposing direction |
See also | unpropitious | not propitious |
Opposite | favorable, favourable | (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate |
Spanish | desfavorable | |
Nouns | unfavourableness | the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success |
Meaning | constituting a disadvantage. | |
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Synonyms | disadvantageous, unfavorable | |
Narrower | minus, negative | Involving disadvantage or harm |
See also | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
inexpedient | not suitable or advisable | |
inopportune | not opportune | |
Opposite | advantageous, favorable, favourable | Giving an advantage |
Spanish | desaventajado, desfavorable, desventajoso, perjudicial | |
Catalan | desfavorable, perjudicial | |
Nouns | unfavourableness | the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success |
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