inauspicious
Boding ill fortune
Inauspicious describes something that suggests unfavorable outcomes—a bad omen or unpromising beginning.
An inauspicious start to a relationship, an inauspicious sign before a journey.
The word carries a formal or literary tone: The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when the projector caught fire.
Afflicted with misfortune
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- ill-fatedDestined to fail
- hexedPlaced under curse
- doomedDestined for destruction
hapless · unfortunate · star-crossed · accursed · blighted · snakebitten · ill-omened · unpropitious
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
dire · baleful · premonitory · eerie · dark · shadowy · chilling · fateful
Causing harm or hindrance
- unpromisingShowing little potential
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- untowardInappropriate or inconvenient
- inopportuneOccurring at unsuitable time
ill-timed · bad timing · unwelcome · negative · hostile · contrary · unsuitable · problematic
Dreary and without cheer
- drearyDull and depressing
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
- somberGravely serious in mood
- darkAbsence of light
grim · cheerless · depressing · dour · melancholy · desolate · overcast · lowering
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
unease · anxiety · portent · presentiment · bad feeling · warning sign · sense of doom · chill
jinxed
Afflicted with misfortune
doomed · hapless · unfortunate · star-crossed · accursed · blighted · snakebitten · ill-omened · unpropitious · adverse
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
threatening · dire · baleful · premonitory · eerie · dark · shadowy · chilling · fateful · warning
disadvantageous
Causing harm or hindrance
- unpromisingShowing little potential
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- untowardInappropriate or inconvenient
inopportune · ill-timed · bad timing · unwelcome · negative · hostile · contrary · unsuitable · problematic · ill-suited
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
dark · grim · cheerless · depressing · dour · melancholy · desolate · overcast · lowering · sullen
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
trepidation · unease · anxiety · portent · presentiment · bad feeling · warning sign · sense of doom · chill · shiver
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, fate, destiny
- astrologyastrology, zodiac, horoscope, horoscopes, birth chart
inauspiciousauspicious
Indicating future success
propitious · favorable · promising · encouraging · hopeful