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untoward 音標拼音: [əntu'ɔrd] [əntəw'ɔrd] a. 麻煩的,困難的,不幸的 麻煩的,困難的,不幸的 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" [ synonym: { 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" [ synonym: { adverse}, { inauspicious}, { untoward}] Untoward \ Un* to" ward\, prep. [ Unto - ward.] Toward. [ Obs.] -- Gower. [ 1913 Webster]
Untoward \ Un* to" ward\, a. [ Pref. un- not toward.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Froward; perverse. " Save yourselves from this untoward generation." -- Acts ii. 40. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Awkward; ungraceful. " Untoward words." -- Creech. " Untoward manner." -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Un* to" ward* ly}, adv. -- { Un* to" ward* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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