a. | 1. | Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable. |
Adj. | 1. | inauspicious - not auspicious; boding ill Synonyms: unfortunate Antonyms: auspicious - attended by favorable circumstances; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" |
2. | inauspicious - contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" | |
3. | inauspicious - 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" |