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in·aus·pi·cious
 inauspicious
- pronunciation:
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adjective |
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showing little or no promise of success; unfavorable.
an inauspicious start to the new year- antonyms:
- auspicious, promising, propitious
- similar words:
- contrary, ill, ill-omened, unfavorable, unlikely, unlucky
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| related words: |
chill, dim, foreboding, hazardous, portentous, ugly, unhappy |
| derivations: |
inauspiciously (adv.), inauspiciousness (n.) |
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