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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inauspicious \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inauspicious adj 1: not auspicious; boding ill [syn: {unfortunate}] [ant: {auspicious}] 2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [syn: {adverse}, {harmful}, {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" [syn: {ill}, {ominous}]
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