Unpropitious
adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not propitious; unfavourable, untimely.
"'Tvvas vvhen the Dog-ſtar's unpropitious ray / Smote ev'ry brain, and vvither'd ev'ry Bay; / Sick vvas the Sun, the Ovvl forſook his bovv'r, / The moon-ſtruck Prophet felt the madding hour: […]"
Adjective
- 1 not propitious wordnet
Example
More examples"'Tvvas vvhen the Dog-ſtar's unpropitious ray / Smote ev'ry brain, and vvither'd ev'ry Bay; / Sick vvas the Sun, the Ovvl forſook his bovv'r, / The moon-ſtruck Prophet felt the madding hour: […]"
Etymology
From un- + propitious.