auspicious
promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.
Origin of auspicious
1Other words from auspicious
- aus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
- aus·pi·cious·ness, noun
- un·aus·pi·cious, adjective
- un·aus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
Words Nearby auspicious
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How to use auspicious in a sentence
To those in the business, the timing of these trends and the steady uptick in astrological interest feels auspicious.
High-Tech Astrology Apps Claim to Be More Personalized Than Ever. Gen Z-ers Are Turning Out to Be Believers | Raisa Bruner | July 23, 2021 | TimeI went to France at an auspicious time to be making this private discovery.
The Pandemic Made Us Strangers to Ourselves. Will We Have Learned Anything When It's Over? | Sherry Turkle | March 16, 2021 | TimeIt was fairly auspicious timing, as those things go, falling the same day seven public health departments launched a joint shelter-in-place order in its native California.
There were plenty of technical issues at first, leading to a less than auspicious first impression.
She takes over the position at an auspicious time for the newspaper.
‘Unstoppable innovator’: The meteoric rise of Meredith Kopit Levien, the next New York Times CEO | Steven Perlberg | August 19, 2020 | Digiday
But even though 2014 is only halfway over, it already seems like an auspicious year for the “other” parent.
The timing is auspicious for such a move with the Tiananmen anniversary fast approaching.
It was an auspicious time for a 21-year-old woman to publicly document her sexual escapades and humiliations.
Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism? | Lizzie Crocker | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet a screaming headline on the Drudge Report—SHARPTON WAS FBI MOB RAT—was hardly an auspicious way to begin a momentous week.
That heritage is probably just as auspicious as is proprietorship of The Tonight Show.
We soon found opportunity for another deed of charity not dissimilar to this, though its result was more auspicious.
Augustine skilfully seized the auspicious moment; she threw herself into her husband's arms, and pointed to the portrait.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de BalzacHe entered upon his government under auspicious circumstances.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanIt was at this auspicious moment that Meade's division advanced alone to pierce the Rebel line.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.It was an auspicious moment,—a golden opportunity, such as does not often come to military commanders.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
British Dictionary definitions for auspicious
/ (ɔːˈspɪʃəs) /
favourable or propitious
archaic prosperous or fortunate
usage For auspicious
Derived forms of auspicious
- auspiciously, adverb
- auspiciousness, noun
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