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Inauspicious vs Unhappy - What's the difference?

inauspicious | unhappy |

As adjectives the difference between inauspicious and unhappy

is that inauspicious is not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable while unhappy is not happy; sad.

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

    unhappy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not happy; sad.
  • * The Beggar's Opera
    • A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.
  • Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
  • Not lucky; unlucky.
  • Not suitable; unsuitable.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * happy * glad * delighted * exuberant * joyous * joyful