adj. full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark"

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

adj. "a positive attitude"

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

adj. formally expressing praise

adj. showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"

adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"