Antonyms of adj inauspicious
3 senses of inauspicious
Sense 1
inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate -- (not auspicious; boding ill)
auspicious (vs. inauspicious) -- (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign")
=> bright, hopeful, promising -- (full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway")
=> fortunate, rosy -- (presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions")
Sense 2
adverse, inauspicious, untoward -- (contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions")
INDIRECT (VIA unfavorable) -> favorable, favourable -- (encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression")
Sense 3
ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (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")
INDIRECT (VIA unpropitious) -> propitious -- (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration")
Similarity of adj inauspicious
3 senses of inauspicious
Sense 1
inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate -- (not auspicious; boding ill)
=> unpromising -- (unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments")
Sense 2
adverse, inauspicious, untoward -- (contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions")
=> unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable -- (not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression")
Sense 3
ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (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")
=> unpropitious (vs. propitious) -- (not propitious)