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UNPROPITIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Similar:
ill; inauspicious; ominous (presaging ill fortune)
thunderous (extremely ominous)
Also:
unfavorable; unfavourable ((of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose)
Attribute:
auspiciousness; propitiousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)
Antonym:
propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)
Derivation:
unpropitiousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)