What are some opposite words for hunky-dory?
Antonyms for hunky-dory
ˈhʌŋ kiˈdɔr i, -ˈdoʊr ihunky-do·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-doryadjective
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
"an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"
Antonyms:
unsatisfactory
How to use hunky-dory in a sentence?
I don't want to be a naysayer here and rule out the possibility that everything is going to be hunky-dory ... but knowing how the Cleveland Police Department has handled situations in the past, I just don't have confidence that it's going to work, until I see the actual situation next week, I'm going to be worried.
The case we have to make now is not,' Are you better off than you were ?' It's,' Are you getting better ?' it's not about how everything is hunky dory, but just that the country is getting up off the mat.
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| #20528 | unsatisfactory |
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