Synonyms of inauspicious

inauspicious

adjective

ˌi-ˌnȯ-ˈspi-shəs 

as in ominous

being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come

this many problems so early in the project is a most inauspicious sign

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ominous
• sinister
• menacing
• bleak
• threatening
• direful
• unfortunate
• dark
• portentous
• lonely
• murky
• somber
• dire
• darkening
• baleful
• ill
• foreboding
• desolate
• minatory
• depressive
• depressing
• unfavorable
• grey
• black
• ill-boding
• gray
• doomy
• cold
• dim
• morbid
• unpropitious
• dismal
• cheerless
• gloomy
• sombre
• lonesome
• unpromising
• dreary
• discouraging
• saturnine
• lugubrious
• troubled
• miserable
• morose
• sepulchral
• sullen
• glum
• disconsolate
• elegiac
• unlucky
• comfortless
• forlorn
• funereal
• hopeless
• drear
• cloudy
• disheartening
• wretched
• chill
• evil
• godforsaken
• elegiacal
• malignant
• ill-fated
• plutonian
• tenebrous
• dreich
• ill-starred
• malign
• tenebrific
• sunless
• Cimmerian
• star-crossed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• favorable
• promising
• auspicious
• bright
• benign
• golden
• prosperous
• hopeful
• encouraging
• unthreatening
• propitious
• heartening

Examples of inauspicious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When he was broken in the match's first game, an inauspicious start that included a bad miss of a smash, Fritz grinned sarcastically. —CBS News, 8 Sep. 2024

The film, which stars Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher as the couple, along with Bruce Dern and Corey Feldman, has achieved a cult status after an inauspicious box-office start. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024

Each name is added to an inauspicious roll call of the Black men and women killed at the hands of police that stretches back generations. —Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024

Snell’s time in San Francisco began on an inauspicious note after signing a two-year, $62 million deal with the Giants in late March. —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024