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inauspicious definition
inauspicious |
Grep of noun inauspicious inauspiciousness Overview of adj inauspicious The adj inauspicious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. inauspicious, unfortunate -- (not auspicious; boding ill) 2. adverse, harmful, inauspicious, untoward -- (contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions") 3. ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (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") Antonyms of adj inauspicious 3 senses of inauspicious Sense 1 inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate auspicious (vs. inauspicious) => advantageous, favorable, golden => bright, promising => fortunate, hopeful, rosy Sense 2 adverse, harmful, inauspicious, untoward INDIRECT (VIA unfavorable) -> favorable, favourable Sense 3 ill, inauspicious, ominous INDIRECT (VIA unpropitious) -> propitious Similarity of adj inauspicious 3 senses of inauspicious Sense 1 inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate => unpromising Sense 2 adverse, harmful, inauspicious, untoward => unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable Sense 3 ill, inauspicious, ominous => unpropitious (vs. propitious) Attributes of adj inauspicious 1 of 3 senses of inauspicious Sense 1 inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate => auspiciousness, propitiousness Familiarity of adj inauspicious inauspicious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj inauspicious inauspicious Overview of adj inauspicious The adj inauspicious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. inauspicious, unfortunate -- (not auspicious; boding ill) 2. adverse, harmful, inauspicious, untoward -- (contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions") 3. ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (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")
inauspicious definition
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