Synonyms of inauspicious

1. inauspicious (vs. auspicious), unfortunate, unpromising: usage: not auspicious; boding ill
2. adverse, inauspicious, untoward, unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable: usage: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
3. ill, inauspicious, ominous, unpropitious (vs. propitious): usage: presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"