Auspicious and Ill-boding

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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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Ill-boding is an antonym for auspicious.

Nearby Words: auspice, auspiciously

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

Usage example: in an ill-boding turn of events, the government began rounding up political dissidents

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Auspicious is an antonym for ill-boding.

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