PROPITIOUS.
Synonyms:
| auspicious, | benignant, | favorable, | gracious, | kindly, |
| benign, | clement, | friendly, | kind, | merciful. |
That which is auspicious is of favorable omen; that which is propitious is of favoring influence or tendency; as, an auspicious[292] morning; a propitious breeze. Propitious applies to persons, implying kind disposition and favorable inclinations, especially toward the suppliant; auspicious is not used of persons.
Antonyms:
| adverse, | forbidding, | ill-disposed, | repellent, | unfriendly, |
| antagonistic, | hostile, | inauspicious, | unfavorable, | unpropitious. |
Preposition:
May heaven be propitious to the enterprise.