(adj) contrary to your interests or welfare, Syn. inauspicious, untoward, Example:adverse circumstances; made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
(adj) presaging ill fortune; ; ; - P.B.Shelley, Syn. inauspicious, ominous, Example:ill omens; ill predictions; my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven; a dead and ominous silence prevailed; a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
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