Meaning of UNTOWARD
| Pronunciation: | | `untu'wowrd
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- [adj] contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | adverse, harmful, improper, inauspicious, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unfavorable, unfavourable, unseemly |
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\Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
\Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward
generation.'' --Acts ii. 40.
2. Awkward; ungraceful. ``Untoward words.'' --Creech.
``Untoward manner.'' --Swift.
3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. --
{Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n.
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