Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
manner." --Swift.
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3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
untoward
adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to
a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb
their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous,
unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly]
2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the
most untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, harmful, inauspicious]
WordNet (r) 2.0
152 Moby Thesaurus words for "untoward":
adverse, annoying, antagonistic, apocalyptic, awkward, bad,
baleful, baneful, black, bleak, bodeful, boding, boorish,
conflicting, contrary, counter, counteractive, criminal, dark,
detrimental, difficult, dire, discouraging, doomful, dreary, evil,
evil-starred, fateful, foolish, foreboding, fractious, gloomy,
hapless, hard, harmful, hostile, ill, ill-boding, ill-conceived,
ill-considered, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-seasoned, ill-starred,
ill-timed, impolite, improper, imprudent, in opposition,
inaccurate, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, indecent,
indecorous, indelicate, indocile, inexpedient, infelicitous,
inferior, inimical, inopportune, intempestive, intractable,
intrusive, invalid, irrelevant, irritating, late, lowering,
luckless, mal a propos, malapropos, malevolent, malodorous,
menacing, miserable, mistimed, not easy, of evil portent, off base,
ominous, opposed, opposing, opposite, out of line, out of phase,
out of time, peccant, portending, portentous, premature,
recalcitrant, rigorous, rough, rude, silly, sinful, sinister,
somber, star-crossed, stressful, stupid, tactless, threatening,
too late, too soon, troublesome, troublous, trying, unapt,
unbecoming, unbefitting, uncalled-for, undecorous, undiplomatic,
undisciplined, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate,
ungentlemanly, ungodly, ungovernable, unhandy, unhappy, unhealthy,
unkind, unladylike, unlucky, unmanageable, unpleasant, unpromising,
unpropitious, unready, unrefined, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly,
unskillful, unsuitable, untactful, untimely, unwarranted, unwise,
vexatious, vexing, vicious, wicked, wild, wretched, wrong
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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