About The Word Inauspicious

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Inauspicious

Inauspicious Meaning & Definition
Inauspicious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inauspicious?

[adj] not auspicious; boding ill
[adj] presaging ill-fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley;"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
[adj] contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inauspicious: adverse | harmful | ill | ominous | unfavorable | unfavourable | unfortunate | unpromising | unpropitious | untoward

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inauspicious: apocalyptic | bad | badly off | baleful | baneful | black | bodeful | boding | criminal | dark | depressed | dire | donsie | doomful | dreary | evil | evil-starred | fatal | fateful | foreboding | fortuneless | funest | gloomy | hapless | ill | ill off | ill-boding | ill-considered | ill-fated | ill-omened | ill-seasoned | ill-starred | ill-timed | improper | in adverse circumstances | inaccurate | inappropriate | inconvenient | inexpedient | infelicitous | inferior | inopportune | intempestive | intrusive | invalid | irrelevant | late | lowering | luckless | mal a propos | malapropos | malevolent | menacing | mistimed | of evil portent | off base | ominous | out of line | out of luck | out of phase | out of time | peccant | planet-struck | portending | portentous | premature | sad | short of luck | sinful | sinister | somber | star-crossed | threatening | too late | too soon | unbefitting | unblessed | underprivileged | unfavorable | unfit | unfitting | unfortunate | unhandy | unhappy | unhealthy | unkind | unlucky | unpleasant | unpromising | unpropitious | unprosperous | unprovidential | unready | unripe | unseasonable | unskillful | unsuitable | untimely | untoward | vicious | wicked | wrong

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Inauspicious In Webster's Dictionary

\In`aus*pi"cious\, a. Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable. ``Inauspicious stars.'' --Shak. ``Inauspicious love.'' --Dryden. -- {In`aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {In`aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.

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