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Frightening vs Inauspicious - What's the difference?

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Frightening is a related term of inauspicious.


As adjectives the difference between frightening and inauspicious

is that frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary while inauspicious is not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

As a verb frightening

is .

frightening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
    • The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
  • (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
    • The scientist was frightening the timid children.

    inauspicious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
  • * 1595 : And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars. — .
  • * Inauspicious love. — .
  • * 1788 : It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer. — .

    • Antonyms

    * auspicious

    Derived terms

    * inauspiciously * inauspiciousness