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untoward |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.] Toward. [Obs.] --Gower. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Untoward \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}] 2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [syn: {adverse}, {harmful}, {inauspicious}]
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