inauspicious

Questions about inauspicious

What does inauspicious mean?

inauspicious means "not auspicious; boding ill". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inauspicious?

inauspicious has 4 syllables: in-au-spic-ious. The stress falls on "spic". In IPA it is /ˌɪˌnaʊˈspɪʃɪs/.

What is another word for inauspicious?

Close synonyms include unfortunate, adverse, untoward, ill, ominous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inauspicious?

The recorded antonyms are auspicious.

Is inauspicious a common word?

inauspicious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.