Definition of inauspicious Inauspicious
/ɪnawˌspɪˈʃɪs/ - [inawspishis] - in•aus•pi•cious
We found 6 definitions of inauspicious from 4 different sources.
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What does inauspicious mean?
WordNet
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| inauspicious - not auspicious; boding ill | ||
| unfortunate | ||
| auspicious auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" | ||
| inauspicious - contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" | ||
| adverse, untoward | ||
| unfavorable, unfavourable (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds" | ||
| inauspicious - 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" | ||
| ill, ominous | ||
| unpropitious not propitious | ||
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Wiktionary 
- inauspicious (Adjective)
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inauspicious (a.)
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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inauspicious
in-aw-spish′us, adj. not auspicious: ill-omened: unlucky.—adv. Inauspic′iously.—n. Inauspic′iousness
