Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inauspicious
IPA transcription: [,ɪn,aʊsp'ɪʃɪs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: inauspicious, unfortunate
    Meaning: not auspicious; boding ill
  • Synonyms: ill, inauspicious, ominous
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: adverse, inauspicious, untoward
    Meaning: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
Usage examples
  • It is not to be wondered at, that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer.
  • As he drew near, I remembered with many misgivings the inauspicious termination of our former interview, and when he entered the house, I watched with intense anxiety the reception he met with from its inmates. To my joy, his appearance was hailed with the liveliest pleasure; and accosting me kindly, he seated himself by my side, and entered into conversation with the natives around him.