propitious

a. செவ்வியார்ந்த, நல்லிணக்கம் வாய்ந்த, சார்பு நலமுடைய, நன்னிமித்தமான, நல்லிசைவான.

Synonyms

timely favorable auspicious beneficial friendly welldisposed gracious benign fortunate

Antonyms

untimely untoward unseasonable unfavorable inauspicious unfriendly hostile antagonistic adverse ill-disposed unpropitious

Pro*pi"tious, a. Etym: [L. propitius, perhaps originally a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf. Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.] 1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze. 2. Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity. Milton. And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And make thee [Love] more propitious in my need. Spenser. Syn. -- Auspicious; favorable; kind. -- Propitious, Auspicious. Auspicious (from the ancient idea of auspices, or omens) denotes "indicative of success," or "favored by incidental occurrences;" as, an auspicious opening; an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that which efficaciously protect us in some undertaking, speeds our exertions, and decides our success; as, propitious gales; propitious influences. -- Pro*pi"tious*ly, adv. -- Pro*pi"tious*ness, n.

propitious - Similar Words

impropitious proditorious precipitious proximious proteinous prolixious prodigious profectitious pyritous repetitious