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Auspicious
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What's The Definition Of Auspicious?
[adj] attended by favorable circumstances; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign"
[adj] tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" Synonyms | Synonyms for Auspicious: advantageous | bright | encouraging | favorable | favourable | fortunate | golden | hopeful | lucky | promising | prosperous | rosy Related Terms | Find terms related to Auspicious: advantageous | appropriate | befitting | beneficial | benevolent | benign | benignant | blessed | blessed with luck | bon | bonny | braw | bright | bright with promise | bueno | capital | cheering | cogent | commendable | convenient | dexter | elegant | encouraging | estimable | excellent | expedient | fair | famous | favorable | favored | favoring | felicitous | fine | fit | fitting | fortunate | full of promise | golden | good | goodly | grand | halcyon | happy | healthy | helpful | hopeful | in luck | inspiring | inspiriting | kind | laudable | looking up | lucky | meet | nice | noble | of good omen | of happy portent | of promise | opportune | pleasant | pregnant of good | profitable | promising | propitious | prosperous | providential | reassuring | regal | ripe | roseate | rosy | royal | seasonable | skillful | sortable | sound | splendid | suitable | supportive | timely | useful | valid | very good | virtuous | well-timed | white See Also | propitious Auspicious In Webster's Dictionary \Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See {Auspice}.]
1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving
promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting
good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. ``Auspicious
chief.'' --Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or
things. ``Thy auspicious mistress.'' --Shak. ``Auspicious
gales.'' --Pope.
Syn: See {Propitious}. -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
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