† impropitiousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not propitious; unfavourable, unpropitious.
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contrariousc1320
bada1325
contraryinga1340
adversea1393
frowarda1400
contrairc1400
fremd1423
adversant?a1425
sinister1432
perversea1450
undisposed1456
sinistral?a1475
contrary1477
favourless1509
unfriendlya1513
thwarting1530
wayward?1544
contrariant1548
disfavourable1561
cross1565
unindifferent1565
sinistrous1566
haggard1578
unkindly1579
backward1582
awkward1587
improsperous1598
thwart1610
unpropitious1613
averted1619
untoward1621
averse1623
impropitious1638
sinister1726
unfavourable1748
untowardly1756
unfavouring1835
1638 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 574 I am sorry to hear..that your dreams were impropitious.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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