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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not auspicious; boding ill;
[syn: inauspicious, unfortunate]

2. contrary to your interests or welfare;
- Example: "adverse circumstances"
- Example: "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
[syn: adverse, inauspicious, untoward]

3. presaging ill fortune;
- Example: "ill omens"
- Example: "ill predictions"
- Example: "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
- Example: "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
- Example: "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
[syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inauspicious \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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inauspicious
    adj 1: not auspicious; boding ill [syn: inauspicious,
           unfortunate] [ant: auspicious]
    2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
       circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most
       untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, inauspicious,
       untoward]
    3: 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"
       [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous]