different between alarming vs inauspicious

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?.?l??m.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?l??m.??/

Verb

alarming

1. present participle of alarm

Adjective

alarming (comparative more alarming, superlative most alarming)

1. causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening

Translations

Anagrams

• marginal

English

Etymology

in- +? auspicious

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n???sp???s/

Adjective

inauspicious (comparative more inauspicious, superlative most inauspicious)

1. Not auspicious; ill-omened

   Synonyms: unfortunate, unlucky, unfavorable

   • 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V,iii.

     And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars.

   • 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover

     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.

Antonyms

• auspicious

Derived terms

• inauspiciously
• inauspiciousness

Translations

References

• “inauspicious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.