unpropitiousadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌənprəˈpɪʃəs/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and propitious adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, propitious adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + propitious adj. Compare earlier unpropitiously adv., and also earlier unpropice adj.

Not propitious; inauspicious, unfavourable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > [adjective]

unpropice1509

disenamoured1598

unpropitious1613

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable

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

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [adjective] > inauspicious

traversanta1500

ominous1589

inauspicious1599

unpropitious1613

unauspiciousa1616

obscene1656

traversary1851

1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse iii. i. sig. D4 Be vnpropitious Night to villaine thoughts, But let thy Diamonds shine on vertuous loue.

1699 J. Pomfret To Another Friend 12 Beneath the pond'rous Weight Of angry Stars, and unpropitious Fate.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 471 Ye sue the unpropitious maid in vain.

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxlix (note) In the unpropitious age of a Cromwell.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 39 The whole life appears to be shut up in the one unpropitious affection.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 425 Sleep and exercise are unpropitious to learning.

1923 Manch. Guardian 7 Dec. 8/3 The post-war temper..is on the whole unpropitious to the old intensive electioneering.

2004 E. Spolsky Iconotropism 16/2 The apparently irresistible force that drove artists in Nazi concentration camps even in the most unpropitious circumstances to record what they saw around them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpropitious
释义	unpropitiousadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈpɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈpɪʃəs/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and propitious adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, propitious adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + propitious adj. Compare earlier unpropitiously adv., and also earlier unpropice adj. Not propitious; inauspicious, unfavourable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > [adjective] unpropice1509 disenamoured1598 unpropitious1613 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable 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 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [adjective] > inauspicious traversanta1500 ominous1589 inauspicious1599 unpropitious1613 unauspiciousa1616 obscene1656 traversary1851 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse iii. i. sig. D4 Be vnpropitious Night to villaine thoughts, But let thy Diamonds shine on vertuous loue. 1699 J. Pomfret To Another Friend 12 Beneath the pond'rous Weight Of angry Stars, and unpropitious Fate. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 471 Ye sue the unpropitious maid in vain. 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxlix (note) In the unpropitious age of a Cromwell. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 39 The whole life appears to be shut up in the one unpropitious affection. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 425 Sleep and exercise are unpropitious to learning. 1923 Manch. Guardian 7 Dec. 8/3 The post-war temper..is on the whole unpropitious to the old intensive electioneering. 2004 E. Spolsky Iconotropism 16/2 The apparently irresistible force that drove artists in Nazi concentration camps even in the most unpropitious circumstances to record what they saw around them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1613
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