different between menacing vs inauspicious

menacing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?n?s??/
  • Hyphenation: men?acing

Adjective

menacing (comparative more menacing, superlative most menacing)

  1. Suggesting imminent harm.
  2. Threatening.

Translations

Verb

menacing

  1. present participle of menace

Translations

Noun

menacing (plural menacings)

  1. The act of making menaces or threats.
    • 1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation
      They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.

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inauspicious

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.

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