'Inauspicious' definitions:
Definition of 'inauspicious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not auspicious; boding ill [syn: inauspicious, unfortunate] [ant: auspicious]
adjective
Contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, inauspicious, untoward]
adjective
Definition of 'Inauspicious'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'inauspicious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apocalyptic,
- bad,
- badly off,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- black,
- bodeful,
- boding,
- criminal,
- dark,
- depressed,
- dire,
- donsie,
- doomful,
- dreary,
- evil,
- evil-starred,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- foreboding,
- fortuneless,
- funest,
- gloomy,
- hapless,
- ill,
- ill off,
- ill-boding,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fated,
- ill-omened,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-starred,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- in adverse circumstances,
- inaccurate,
- inappropriate,
- inconvenient,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inferior,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- invalid,
- irrelevant,
- late,
- lowering,
- luckless,
- mal a propos,
- malapropos,
- malevolent,
- menacing,
- mistimed,
- of evil portent,
- off base,
- ominous,
- out of line,
- out of luck,
- out of phase,
- out of time,
- peccant,
- planet-struck,
- portending,
- portentous,
- premature,
- sad,
- short of luck,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- somber,
- star-crossed,
- threatening,
- too late,
- too soon,
- unbefitting,
- unblessed,
- underprivileged,
- unfavorable,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unhealthy,
- unkind,
- unlucky,
- unpleasant,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- unprosperous,
- unprovidential,
- unready,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unskillful,
- unsuitable,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- vicious,
- wicked,
- wrong