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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INAUSPI'CIOUS, a. [in and auspicious.] Ill omened; unfortunate; unlucky; evil; unfavorable. The war commenced at an inauspicious time,and its issue was inauspicious. The counsels of a bad man have an inauspicious influence on society.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not auspicious; boding ill [syn: inauspicious, unfortunate] [ant: auspicious]
2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, inauspicious, untoward]
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" [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1592 not auspicious <an inauspicious start> • inauspiciously adverb • inauspiciousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 ill-omened, unpropitious. 2 unlucky. Derivatives: inauspiciously adv. inauspiciousness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An inauspicious event is one that gives signs that success is unlikely. (FORMAL) The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when he was late. ? auspicious ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unpropitious, unfavorable, unlucky, unfortunate, untoward, unpromising, ill-omened.

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