Definition of propitious

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Propitious (a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity..

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Adverse :: Adverse (a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
Smile :: Smile (v. i.) Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence..
Friend :: Friend (n.) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution..
Disastrous :: Disastrous (a.) Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.
Unfavorable :: Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.
Portend :: Portend (v. t.) To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs..
Propitiation :: Propitiation (n.) The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.
Infaust :: Infaust (a.) Not favorable; unlucky; unpropitious; sinister.
Disaster :: Disaster (n.) An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent..
Favorless :: Favorless (a.) Unpropitious; unfavorable.
Friendly :: Friendly (a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale..
Propice :: Propice (a.) Fit; propitious.
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day..
Good :: Good (superl.) Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto..
Averted :: Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious..
-ate :: -ate () As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to)..
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc..
Favor :: Favor (n.) To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards..
Impropitious :: Impropitious (a.) Unpropitious; unfavorable.
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