Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster] -- {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. --
{Un*to"ward*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}, {untoward}]
2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most
untoward conditions" [syn: {adverse}, {inauspicious},
{untoward}]
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