FAVORABLE Antonyms

• providing no assistance

• contrary to your interests or welfare

• in an opposing direction

• (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

• involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness

• causing or capable of causing harm

• harmful to living things

• not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune

• not auspicious; boding ill

• a person who suffers misfortune

• unsuitable or regrettable

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

• expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

• causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities

• not auspicious; boding ill

• contrary to your interests or welfare

• presaging ill fortune

• not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs

• not conveniently timed

• not opportune

• not encouraging or approving or pleasing

• (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose

• involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness

• having or bringing misfortune

• marked by or promising bad fortune

• not meant or adapted for a particular purpose

• not capable of being applied

• not conducive to good moral development

• not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)