Augurous

//ˈɔɡəɹəs//

Synonyms for "augurous" (24 found)

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Adjective(5 words)

baleful bodeful boding brooding dire

Strong matches (7)

Adjective(7 words)

disastrous fatal foreboding ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred

Related words (12)

Adjective(12 words)

inauspicate inauspicious nefastous omenic ominous portentous presageful presagious prodigious sinister star-crossed sullen

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augural

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augury foreboding

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[S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]

Source: wiktionary

The library movement made an augurous start in India but the momentum can only be kept through the concerted efforts of the Indian Library Association, educators, central and state governments, and municipalities, for elevating the status of professional librarian.

Source: wiktionary

The Mikado had gotten the preceding season off to an exhilarating, augurous start.

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