auspicious Definition
aus·pi·cious (ô spis̸h′əs)
auspicious Related Forms
aus·pi′·ciously adverb
aus·pi′·cious·ness noun
auspicious Synonyms
auspicious Usage Examples
Preposition: of
start: We didn't get to the most auspicious of starts with Chetan falling early on.
Preposition: for
war: Essenes spent their days professing to be pacific when they were looking for signs auspicious for a holy war.
Modifies a noun
- debut: On the big screen, Jones is poised to make an auspicious debut.
- occasion: In the houses, mango leaves are tied to the doorways to mark the auspicious occasion.
- beginning: Neither the newly established Irish Free State nor the state of Northern Ireland had an auspicious beginning.
- symbol: Other faint incision marks on the feet reveal more auspicious symbols.
- start: An auspicious start for the new Bedford Town Band.
- moment: This is an auspicious moment for us, it will allow us to go from strength to strength.
Modifying Another Word
- truly: We cannot contemplate with equanimity anything less than a truly auspicious beginning having the good wishes of everyone concerned.
- particularly: The cars were not selling well, not a particularly auspicious start for a special edition.
- highly: Stein Winge âIn a highly auspicious house debut, Matthew Best has taken over the title role from Willard White.
- very: Click to enlarge The marriage did not get off to a very auspicious start.
- not: To say the least, it is not auspicious.
- especially: It is especially auspicious to visit all eight in one pilgrimage.
Used with adjective complement

