Unfavorable vs Irascible - What's the difference?
unfavorable | irascible | Related terms |
Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
* 1863 , , Excursions , ch. 6:
Not favorable, disapproving.
* 1860 , , The Mill on the Floss , ch. 11:
(of wind or weather) Causing obstacles or delay; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
* 1855 , , Israel Potter , ch. 17:
Not auspicious; ill-boding.
* 1903 , , The Filigree Ball , ch. 6:
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
* 1809 , , Knickerbocker's History of New York , ch. 16:
* 1863 , , Hospital Sketches , ch. 1:
* 1921 , , Four Years , ch. 10:
* 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "
Unfavorable is a related term of irascible.
As adjectives the difference between unfavorable and irascible
is that unfavorable is disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose while irascible is easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.unfavorable
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Alternative forms
* unfavourableAdjective
(en adjective)- The shade of a dense pine wood, is more unfavorable to the springing up of pines of the same species than of oaks within it.
- [Y]et the thing she most dreaded was to offend the gypsies, by betraying her extremely unfavorable opinion of them.
- The wind was right under the land, the tide unfavorable.
- The fact that the bride went through the ceremony without her bridal bouquet is looked upon by many as an unfavorable omen.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "unfavorable" is often applied: condition, circumstance, weather, climate, outcome, result, opinion, view, impression, effect, consequence, impact, influence, environment, balance, information, report, prognosis, rating, evaluation, review, position, factor, feature, aspect, reaction, response, attitude, season, development, treatment, ruling, case, state, experience, inference.Antonyms
* favorableirascible
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Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
- I am naturally irascible , and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
- . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible —did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?
Why He's Meanspan," Time :
- Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.