Definitions for: Inauspicious


[adj] not auspicious; boding ill
[adj] 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"
[adj] contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"



Webster (1913) Definition: In`aus*pi"cious, a.
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky;
unfavorable. ``Inauspicious stars.'' --Shak. ``Inauspicious
love.'' --Dryden. -- In`aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
In`aus*pi"cious*ness, n.

Synonyms: adverse, harmful, ill, ominous, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unpromising, unpropitious, untoward

Antonyms: auspicious

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