Synonyms for unpropitious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pruh-pish-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : prəˈpɪʃ əs

Définition of unpropitious

Origin : c.1600 (implied in unpropitiously), from un- (1) "not" + propitious.

adj unfavorable

Example sentences :

Victims were sacrificed, and the omens declared not unpropitious.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

If the weather should be unpropitious the festival was to be in the church vestry.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Elevation is unpropitious to the display of his more amiable qualities.
Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley

In England, after an unpropitious summer, the remark is often made, "We have had no summer!"
Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy

Our next voyage in the Romulus was unpropitious from the start.
Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert

It was at this most unpropitious moment that Hamilton came briskly into the room.
Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan

With masculine obtuseness he chose the most unpropitious moment.
Extract from : « The Pleasant Street Partnership » by Mary F. Leonard

It was an unpropitious moment for a theatrical venture in that part of the world.
Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

But the fact is, there is an unpropitious flavor in my mouth just now.
Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville

Perhaps this is only figurative, as in the case of the unpropitious forest-deities.
Extract from : « Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) » by Anonymous

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