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auspicious [ aw-spish -uh s ] SHOW IPA
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adjective
promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.
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Origin of auspicious 1600â10; <Latin
auspici (
um )
auspice +
-ous
OTHER WORDS FROM auspicious aus·pi·cious·ly, adverb aus·pi·cious·ness, noun un·aus·pi·cious, adjective un·aus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
Words nearby auspicious Ausonius ,
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Aussat ,
Aussie ,
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Aust. ,
austemper
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Words related to auspicious advantageous ,
felicitous ,
opportune ,
promising ,
propitious ,
bright ,
favorable ,
fortunate ,
golden ,
halcyon ,
happy ,
hopeful ,
lucky ,
prosperous ,
rosy ,
timely ,
well-timed
How to use auspicious in a sentence To those in the business, the timing of these trends and the steady uptick in astrological interest feels auspicious .
I went to France at an auspicious time to be making this private discovery.
It was fairly auspicious timing, as those things go, falling the same day seven public health departments launched a joint shelter-in-place order in its native California.
There were plenty of technical issues at first, leading to a less than auspicious first impression.
She takes over the position at an auspicious time for the newspaper.
But even though 2014 is only halfway over, it already seems like an auspicious year for the âotherâ parent.
The timing is auspicious for such a move with the Tiananmen anniversary fast approaching.
It was an auspicious time for a 21-year-old woman to publicly document her sexual escapades and humiliations.
Yet a screaming headline on the Drudge ReportâSHARPTON WAS FBI MOB RATâwas hardly an auspicious way to begin a momentous week.
That heritage is probably just as auspicious as is proprietorship of The Tonight Show.
We soon found opportunity for another deed of charity not dissimilar to this, though its result was more auspicious .
Augustine skilfully seized the auspicious moment; she threw herself into her husband's arms, and pointed to the portrait.
He entered upon his government under auspicious circumstances.
It was at this auspicious moment that Meade's division advanced alone to pierce the Rebel line.
It was an auspicious moment,âa golden opportunity, such as does not often come to military commanders.
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British Dictionary definitions for auspicious
adjective
favourable or propitious
archaic prosperous or fortunate
Derived forms of auspicious auspiciously , adverb auspiciousness , noun usage for auspicious The use of auspicious to mean `very special' (as in this auspicious occasion ) should be avoided
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