Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
inauspicious
adj 1: not auspicious; boding ill [syn: {unfortunate}] [ant: {auspicious}]
2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the
most untoward conditions" [syn: {adverse}, {harmful}, {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}, {ominous}]