different between inauspiciousness vs inauspicious

English

Etymology

inauspicious +? -ness

Noun

inauspiciousness (uncountable)

1. The state, quality, or condition of being inauspicious or unpropitious; unfavorableness.

Synonyms

• unpropitiousness
• unfavorableness

Antonyms

• auspiciousness
• propitiousness
• favorableness

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.