Meaning of AUSPICIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | o'spishus
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | advantageous, bright, encouraging, favorable, favourable, fortunate, golden, hopeful, lucky, promising, prosperous, rosy |
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| | Antonyms: | | inauspicious, unfortunate | | |
| | See Also: | | propitious | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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