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INAUSPICIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inauspicious mean?
• INAUSPICIOUS (adjective)
The adjective INAUSPICIOUS has 3 senses:
1. not auspicious; boding ill
2. contrary to your interests or welfare
3. presaging ill fortune
Familiarity information: INAUSPICIOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not auspicious; boding ill
Synonyms:
inauspicious; unfortunate
Similar:
unpromising (unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment)
Attribute:
auspiciousness; propitiousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)
Antonym:
auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)
Derivation:
inauspiciousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Contrary to your interests or welfare
Synonyms:
adverse; inauspicious; untoward
Context example:
made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
Similar:
unfavorable; unfavourable (not encouraging or approving or pleasing)
Derivation:
inauspiciousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Presaging ill fortune
Synonyms:
Context example:
a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
Similar:
unpropitious (not propitious)
Derivation:
inauspiciousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)
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