inauspicious Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- direful
- gray
- somber
- dark
- grey
- dire
- minatory
- black
- threatening
- murky
- portentous
- depressive
- darkening
- bleak
- depressing
- lonely
- ill
- ill-boding
- unfortunate
- foreboding
- baleful
- unfavorable
- desolate
Weak:
- comfortless
- elegiac
- sombre
- sepulchral
- glum
- unlucky
- cimmerian
- elegiacal
- ill-fated
- unpromising
- wretched
- dreich
- dreary
- ill-starred
- cold
- troubled
- malign
- tenebrific
- sullen
- disheartening
- evil
- morbid
- plutonian
- cloudy
- saturnine
- lugubrious
- morose
- dismal
- dim
- godforsaken
- hopeless
- chill
- tenebrous
- drear
- sunless
- forlorn
- funereal
- disconsolate
- malignant
- discouraging
- lonesome
- gloomy
- unpropitious
- miserable
- cheerless
- doomy
inauspicious Meaning
inauspicious (a)
not auspicious; boding ill
inauspicious (s)
contrary to your interests or welfare
presaging ill fortune
inauspicious (a.)
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
inauspicious Sentence Examples
- The meeting was held on an inauspicious day, casting a pall over the proceedings.
- The howling wind and the ominous clouds created an inauspicious atmosphere.
- The sudden loss of electricity during the ceremony was considered an inauspicious sign.
- Breaking a mirror was believed to be inauspicious, bringing seven years of bad luck.
- The presence of a black cat at the wedding was seen as an inauspicious omen.
- The inauspicious start to the project left everyone feeling disheartened.
- The accident that occurred on the day of the inauguration was an inauspicious event.
- The astrologer warned against traveling on an inauspicious date, predicting potential danger.
- The inauspicious timing of the birth led to fears of misfortune.
- The inauspicious start to their journey foreshadowed the difficulties that lay ahead.
FAQs About the word inauspicious
not auspicious; boding ill, contrary to your interests or welfare, presaging ill fortuneNot auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
menacing, sinister,ominous, direful, gray, somber, dark, grey, dire, minatory
promising, bright, auspicious, promising, favorable, golden, benign, prosperous, auspicious, benign
The meeting was held on an inauspicious day, casting a pall over the proceedings.
The howling wind and the ominous clouds created an inauspicious atmosphere.
The sudden loss of electricity during the ceremony was considered an inauspicious sign.
Breaking a mirror was believed to be inauspicious, bringing seven years of bad luck.
