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Inauspicious Definition & Meaning

inauspicious
adjective
  1. not auspicious; boding ill
  2. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
  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"

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What does inauspicious mean?
not auspicious; boding ill contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" 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"
What part of speech is inauspicious?
Inauspicious is an adjective.
How many definitions does inauspicious have?
Inauspicious has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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