Favorable and Harmful

Favorable

Favorable adjective - Promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being.
Usage example: moved to a region with a milder climate in the hope that it would be more favorable to his health

Harmful is an antonym for favorable in topics: good, approving.

Harmful

Harmful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment

Favorable is an antonym for harmful in injurious topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / Robin Williams One exception seems to be marijuana: while he brutally mocked stoners in 1986's Live At The Met, in Live On Broadway and Weapons of Self Destruction he was more favorable towards pot (one routine in Broadway is about how pot is less harmful than alcohol).
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