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auspicious

  • adjective
  • ô-spĭsh′əs

Of good omen; indicating future success.

Other meanings

  1. Conducive to success.

    “This is an auspicious day.”

  2. Marked by success; prosperous.

Antonyms

  • disastrous

Related words

  • unauspicious
  • auspiciously
  • auspiciousness

Example sentences

  • “Today is an auspicious day.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "auspicium" (augury).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “auspicious” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.