Untoward
[ʌntə'wɔːd;ʌn'təʊəd] or [ʌn'tɔrd]
Definition
(prep.) Toward.
(a.) Froward; perverse.
(a.) Awkward; ungraceful.
(a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
Checker: Pamela
Definition
adj. not easily guided: froward: awkward: inconvenient—also Untō′wardly.—n. Untō′wardliness.—adv. Untō′wardly.—n. Untō′wardness.
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Examples
- I see myself baffled at every turn by their untoward effects. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was necessary to choose some less untoward hour than ten o'clock at night. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This eventwhich seemed so untoward--which I thought had ruined at once my chance of successful persuasion--proved my best help. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- With the true perspicacity _des ?mes élites_, he at once saw how this at first sight untoward event might be turned to excellent account. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Here was a blow struck at her tender part, her weak sidehere was damage done to her intereSt. How, too, had the untoward event happened? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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