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AUSPICIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auspiciousness mean?
• AUSPICIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun AUSPICIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
Familiarity information: AUSPICIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
auspiciousness; propitiousness
Hypernyms ("auspiciousness" is a kind of...):
advantageousness; favorableness; favourableness; positiveness; positivity; profitableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)
Attribute:
auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)
inauspicious; unfortunate (not auspicious; boding ill)
propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)
unpropitious (not propitious)
Antonym:
inauspiciousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)
Derivation:
auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)
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