Unpropitious

adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    not propitious wordnet

Synonyms

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ominousadversaryadversativeadversealienantagonistic

Example

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"'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.

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