Auspicious and Direful

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Auspicious adjective - Pointing toward a happy outcome.

Usage example: began the season with an auspicious win against their strongest football rival

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Direful is an antonym for auspicious.

Nearby Words: auspice, auspiciously

Direful adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.

Usage example: the stock market crash was the first direful indication of the dark days to come

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Auspicious is an antonym for direful.

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