Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inauspicious

/ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: in-aus-pi-cious
IPA: /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not auspicious; ill-omened.

Example Sentences

"And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars."
"Inauspicious love."
"1788, John Jay, as Publius, The Federalist, II It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer."
"Class 745/1s suffered an inauspicious entry into traffic on the Stansted Express route on July 28, when the two units supplied (745103/106) both failed, as did a train sent to cover them (745108)."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English auspicious English inauspicious From in- + auspicious.

Inflected Forms

more inauspicious (comparative) most inauspicious (superlative)

Derived Forms

inauspiciously inauspiciousness

Synonyms

foreboding portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal ill-boding ill-fated

Antonyms

auspicial auspicious unauspicious augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal foreboding

Rhymes With

aloysius

Questions

How do you pronounce inauspicious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/.
What does inauspicious mean?: Not auspicious; ill-omened.
Where does inauspicious come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English auspicious English inauspicious From in- + auspicious.

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