Synonyms for unpropitious
- adjective
Most common
evil ill ominous inauspicious adverse unlucky unfavorable US unpromising
All synonyms
Adjective
unhappy, ominous, inauspicious, bad, evil, ill, adverse, unlucky, unfavorable US, unfavourable UK, unpromising, thwart, dire, sinister, untoward
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not propitious; unfavourable, untimely.
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- ill They called in a doctor because the child was ill.
- ominous The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
- adverse Many intelligent people are not adverse to sex.
- unlucky It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unpropitious | falling | |
| evil | rising | |
| ill | steady | |
| ominous | rising | |
| inauspicious | rising | |
| adverse | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, ill1
- 4 letters
- evil2, dire1
- 6 letters
- thwart1
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, adverse2, unlucky3, ominous3
- 8 letters
- sinister3, untoward3
- 11 letters
- unfavorable5, unpromising4
- 12 letters
- unfavourable, inauspicious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).