different between destructive vs unwholesome

English

Etymology

From Middle French destructif, from Latin destructivus, from past participle of destruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -ivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??st??kt?v/, /d??st??kt?v/

Adjective

destructive (comparative more destructive, superlative most destructive)

1. Causing destruction; damaging.
2. Causing breakdown or disassembly.

3. (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

Synonyms

• calamitous
• catastrophic
• devastating
• disastrous
• eradicative
• harmful
• pernicious
• ruinous
• wrackful
• wreckful

Antonyms

• constructive
• nondestructive, non-destructive
• productive

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

French

Adjective

destructive

1. feminine singular of destructif

Latin

Adjective

d?str?ct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of d?str?ct?vus

English

Etymology

From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- +? wholesome.

Adjective

unwholesome (comparative more unwholesome, superlative most unwholesome)

1. Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
2. Not sound; tainted; defective.
3. Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.

Antonyms

• wholesome

Derived terms

• unwholesomely
• unwholesomeness

Translations

References

• unwholesome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.