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Search phrase: auspicious

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW III.iii.8.1As thy auspicious mistress!As thy auspicious mistris.
HamletHam I.ii.11With an auspicious and a dropping eye,With one Auspicious, and one Dropping eye,
King LearKL II.i.39.1To stand auspicious mistress.To stand auspicious Mistris.
The TempestTem I.ii.182A most auspicious star, whose influenceA most auspitious starre, whose influence
The TempestTem V.i.315And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales,And promise you calme Seas, auspicious gales,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.52.1Stand you auspicious!Stand you auspicious.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.347 And they would stand auspicious to the hour, And they would stand auspicious to the howre.

Glossary

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aspiciousmalapropism for ‘suspicious’ [or ‘auspicious’]
auspicioussmiling, cheerful, happy
good-presagingfavourable, propitious, auspicious
thrivingsuccessful, satisfactory, auspicious

Thesaurus

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auspiciousthriving
auspiciousgood-presaging

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ASPICIOUSBASICsee AUSPICIOUS
AUSPICIOUSBASICaspicious adj [malapropism], auspicious adj, auspiciously adv
AUSPICIOUSNOTinauspicious adj, unauspicious adj
INAUSPICIOUSBASICsee AUSPICIOUS
UNAUSPICIOUSBASICsee AUSPICIOUS

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