"inauspicious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inauspicious.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more inauspicious [comparative], most inauspicious [superlative]
Etymology: in- + auspicious Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|auspicious}} in- + auspicious Head templates: {{en-adj}} inauspicious (comparative more inauspicious, superlative most inauspicious)
  1. Not auspicious; ill-omened Synonyms: unfortunate, unlucky, unfavorable Derived forms: inauspiciously, inauspiciousness Translations (boding ill): злокобен (zlokoben) (Bulgarian), неблагоприятен (neblagoprijaten) (Bulgarian), 不祥 (bùxiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不吉 (bùjí) (Chinese Mandarin), neblahý [masculine] (Czech), zlověstný [masculine] (Czech), nepříznivý [masculine] (Czech), არახელსაყრელი (araxelsaq̇reli) (Georgian), ungünstig (German), δυσοίωνος (dysoíonos) [masculine] (Greek), 不祥 (fushō) (alt: ふしょう) (Japanese), 不吉 (fukitsu) (alt: ふきつ) (Japanese), clīvius (Latin), неблагопри́јатен (neblagopríjaten) (Macedonian), зло́кобен (zlókoben) (Macedonian), ugunstig (Norwegian Bokmål), ugunstig (Norwegian Nynorsk), وارون (varun) (Ottoman Turkish), اوغورسز (uğursuz) (Ottoman Turkish), بختسز (bahtsız) (Ottoman Turkish), قوتسز (kutsuz) (Ottoman Turkish), شوم (šum) (Persian), неблагоприя́тный (neblagoprijátnyj) (Russian), злове́щий (zlovéščij) (english: ominous) (Russian), अशुभ (aśubha) (Sanskrit), olycksbådande (Swedish), olycksbringande (Swedish), menhus (Turkish)

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