What does augurous mean?
Augurous means (uncommon) Full of augury; foreboding..
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/ˈɔːɡəɹəs/ · adjective
(uncommon) Full of augury; foreboding..
[S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]
The library movement made an augurous start in India but the momentum can only be kept through the concerted efforts of the Indian Library Association, educators, central and state governments, and municipalities, for elevating the status of professional librarian.
The Mikado had gotten the preceding season off to an exhilarating, augurous start.
Use augurous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Augurous means (uncommon) Full of augury; foreboding..
Common synonyms include inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]
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