263 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ], [ ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ], [ ʌ_n_p_ɹ_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_s_ɪ_ŋ]

Related words: unpropitious, unpromising forecast, bad omen, unfavorable prognosis, too bad, hopeless situation

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Similar words for unpromising:

• bleak (adjective)
• depressing (adjective)
• dim (adjective)
• ill (adjective)
• inauspicious (adjective)
• ominous (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• unadvantageous (adjective)
• unfavorable (adjective)
• unfit (adjective)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• hazardous
• other relevant words (noun)

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Antonyms for unpromising

Hypernyms for unpromising

Synonyms for Unpromising:

• adj.

  • bleak (adjective)
  • joyless,
  • sad,
  • cheerless,
  • grim,
  • harsh,
  • comfortless,
  • oppressive,
  • lonely,
  • dismal,
  • funereal,
  • disheartening,
  • melancholy,
  • mournful,
  • hard.
  • depressing (adjective)
  • bleak.
  • dim (adjective)
  • depressing,
  • suspicious,
  • disapproving,
  • skeptical.
  • ill (adjective)
  • antagonistic,
  • deleterious,
  • wrong,
  • detrimental,
  • surly,
  • inimical,
  • harmful,
  • malevolent,
  • ill-mannered,
  • damaging,
  • disturbing,
  • disrespectful,
  • hostile,
  • ruinous,
  • injurious,
  • unwholesome,
  • hateful,
  • acrimonious,
  • ungracious,
  • malicious,
  • noxious,
  • unhealthy,
  • foul,
  • sullen,
  • impertinent,
  • unfriendly,
  • wicked,
  • unkind,
  • foreboding,
  • cantankerous,
  • Nocuous,
  • iniquitous,
  • hurtful,
  • cross,
  • vile.
  • inauspicious (adjective)
  • fateful,
  • inopportune,
  • baleful,
  • impending,
  • untimely,
  • baneful,
  • untoward,
  • evil.
  • ominous (adjective)
  • perilous,
  • Presaging,
  • dangerous,
  • inhospitable,
  • minatory,
  • direful,
  • Augural,
  • prescient,
  • forbidding,
  • haunting,
  • fearful,
  • prophetic,
  • suggestive,
  • malign.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • dim,
  • not fit,
  • ill-equipped,
  • malefic,
  • uncool,
  • unadvantageous,
  • premonitory,
  • out of shape,
  • Precursive,
  • unfavorable,
  • ill-omened,
  • nocent,
  • drear,
  • Discommodious,
  • Doomful,
  • malificent,
  • laid low,
  • unfit,
  • ill-adapted,
  • out of place,
  • can't make the grade,
  • illomened,
  • ominous.
  • unadvantageous (adjective)
  • unsatisfactory.
  • unfavorable (adjective)
  • inadvisable,
  • objectionable,
  • contrary,
  • malapropos,
  • regrettable,
  • unsuited,
  • late,
  • inexpedient,
  • inconvenient,
  • improper,
  • troublesome,
  • tardy,
  • infelicitous,
  • unseasonable,
  • ill-advised,
  • destructive,
  • opposed,
  • unseemly.
  • unfit (adjective)
  • inadequate,
  • decrepit,
  • valueless,
  • unbecoming,
  • below par,
  • Unmeet,
  • unsuitable,
  • inapplicable,
  • mistaken,
  • dragging,
  • incompatible,
  • rocky,
  • feeble,
  • discordant,
  • ineffective,
  • inappropriate,
  • incongruous,
  • flimsy,
  • incorrect,
  • uncongenial,
  • poorly,
  • ill-suited,
  • debilitated,
  • useless,
  • out of element,
  • inharmonious.

• n.

  •
  • faltering,
  • on the rocks,
  • shaky,
  • precarious,
  • not have a hope in hell.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • arid,
  • redemption,
  • negative,
  • crowning,
  • dubious,
  • inauspicious,
  • finished,
  • questionable,
  • stillborn,
  • menacing,
  • dark,
  • doubtful,
  • black,
  • sinister,
  • failed,
  • counterproductive,
  • futile,
  • portentous,
  • adverse,
  • fruitless,
  • small-time,
  • unfortunate,
  • unpropitious,
  • abortive,
  • flatline,
  • apocalyptic,
  • lame duck,
  • unavailing,
  • hardly possible,
  • achiever,
  • botched,
  • rope,
  • improbable,
  • down,
  • struggling,
  • unglued,
  • Portending,
  • threatening,
  • barren,
  • unlucky,
  • vain,
  • the doldrums,
  • bad,
  • dead,
  • unpromising,
  • nowhere,
  • hopeless,
  • implausible,
  • Ill-boding,
  • no-win,
  • unstuck,
  • unsuccessful,
  • dreary,
  • frustrated,
  • of evil portent,
  • discouraging,
  • rock,
  • dire,
  • unlikely,
  • washed up,
  • gloomy,
  • somber,
  • ill-fated,
  • more than doubtful,
  • vainly.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • harebrained,
  • ill-starred,
  • quixotic,
  • unworkable,
  • disadvantageous,
  • uncompetitive.
  •
  • coming,
  • untenable,
  • overambitious,
  • noncompetitive,
  • screwed up.
  •
  • dying.
  • hazardous
  • unsafe.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • dubitable,
  • wretched,
  • downcast,
  • incredible,
  • cloudy,
  • Star-crossed,
  • alarming,
  • unattractive,
  • momentous,
  • Bodeful,
  • disagreeable,
  • worrying,
  • ill,
  • ghastly,
  • disastrous,
  • doomed,
  • calamitous,
  • unfavourable,
  • depressed,
  • clouded over,
  • sombre,
  • Doubtable,
  • miserable,
  • futureless,
  • not likely,
  • drab,
  • louring,
  • dejected,
  • boding,
  • poor,
  • lowering,
  • low,
  • unhopeful,
  • dingy,
  • clouded,
  • awkward.

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