Inauspicious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inauspicious is an adjective meaning Not auspicious; ill-omened.
Meaning
Not auspicious; ill-omened.
Example Sentences
Inauspicious love.
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars.
Class 745/1s suffered an inauspicious entry into traffic on the Stansted Express route on July 28, when the two units supplied (745103/106) both failed, as did a train sent to cover them (745108).
1788, John Jay, as Publius, The Federalist, II It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer.
Synonyms for inauspicious
Depending on context, synonyms include foreboding, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding.
Antonyms for inauspicious
Common opposites include auspicial, auspicious, unauspicious, augurous, baleful, bodeful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unfavourable, unpropitious, untoward, unfortunate, unfavorable, ill.
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