English adjective: inauspicious | |||
1. | inauspicious not auspicious; boding ill | ||
Synonyms | unfortunate | ||
Similar | unpromising | ||
Attribute | auspiciousness, propitiousness | ||
Antonyms | auspicious | ||
2. | inauspicious contrary to your interests or welfare | ||
Samples | Adverse circumstances. Made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions. | ||
Synonyms | adverse, untoward | ||
Similar | unfavorable, unfavourable | ||
Antonyms | favorable, favourable | ||
3. | inauspicious presaging ill fortune | ||
Samples | Ill omens. Ill predictions. My words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven. A dead and ominous silence prevailed. A by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government. | ||
Synonyms | ill, ominous | ||
Similar | unpropitious | ||
Antonyms | propitious | ||