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Inauspicious Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Inauspicious has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

not auspicious; boding ill

2

contrary to your interests or welfare

"adverse circumstances"

"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

3

presaging ill fortune

"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"

4

Not auspicious; ill-omened

Example Sentences
"adverse circumstances" adjective
"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" adjective
"ill omens" adjective
"ill predictions" adjective
"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven" adjective
"a dead and ominous silence prevailed" adjective
"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" adjective
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Antonyms
auspicious
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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