different between frightening vs inauspicious

English

Etymology

frighten +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?a?t?n??/, /?f?a?tn??/
• Hyphenation: fright?en?ing

Adjective

frightening (comparative more frightening, superlative most frightening)

1. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.

   Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.

2. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:frightening

Derived terms

• frighteningly

Translations

Verb

frightening

1. present participle of frighten

   The scientist was frightening the timid children.

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.