Meaning of INAUSPICIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | `ino'spishus
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | adverse, harmful, ill, ominous, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward |
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| | Antonyms: | | auspicious | | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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