different between untoward vs inauspicious

English

Etymology

un- +? toward (“to +? -ward”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.t??w??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t??d/, /??n.t??w??d/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d

Adjective

untoward (comparative more untoward, superlative most untoward)

1. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

   Synonyms: adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, unfavorable, unfortunate

   • 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred […]
2. Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.

   Synonyms: difficult, fractious, stubborn, troublesome, uncontrollable, unruly

3. Unseemly, improper.

   Synonyms: immodest, improper, unseemly

Derived terms

• untowardly
• untowardness

Translations

Anagrams

• drawn out, drawn-out, outdrawn

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.