Meaning & Definition of Inauspicious in English
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Inauspicious
/ɪnaʊspɪʃɪs/
adjective
1. Not auspicious
- Boding ill
synonym:
- inauspicious,
- unfortunate
2. Contrary to your interests or welfare
- "Adverse circumstances"
- "Made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
synonym:
- adverse,
- inauspicious,
- untoward
3. 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"
synonym:
- ill,
- inauspicious,
- ominous