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Sense: Unfavorable

Synonyms:

adverse , negative , not constructive, unfavorable (US), unfavourable (UK), unconstructive, unhelpful, hostile , derogatory, antagonistic, undermining, detrimental , discrediting

Antonyms:

constructive, beneficial , good , positive , favorable, harmless , benign

Sense: Destroying

Synonyms:

ruinous, noxious , baneful, pestiferous, noisome, cancerous, fatal, deleterious, pestilential, catastrophic, calamitous, disastrous, cataclysmal, eradicative, fell , demolitionary, devastating, dire , lethal, extirpative, internecine, mortal, mischievous , detrimental , annihilative, hurtful, harmful , arsonistic, conflagrative, subversive, incendiary, murderous, disruptive , suicidal, evil , injurious, venomous, pernicious, toxic, baleful, disintegrative, corrosive, corroding, erosive, eroding, damaging, deadly , poisonous , destroying, aggressive

Antonyms:

nondestructive, protective , preservative, restorative, reparative

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