untoward English

Meaning untoward meaning

What does untoward mean?

untoward

— adjective (= indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unseemly) 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

— adjective (= adverse) contrary to your interests or welfare adverse circumstances made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions

Synonyms untoward synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as untoward?

untoward English » English

unfavorable

adverse

unseemly

unfortunate

perverse

indecorous

inauspicious

bad

vexatious

unsympathetic

unlucky

unfavourable

unexpected

uncomely

unbecoming

indecent

improper

annoying

yearning

wayward

waspish

vixenish

vexed

upsetting

unwished-for

unwished

unwelcome

untractable

unthought-of

unthought

unsweet

unsuspected

unruly

unpropitious

unpleasant

unobvious

unmanageable

unlooked-for

unlikable

uninteresting

unhoped-for

unhoped

unhappy

unfriendly

unforeseen

unforeseeable

unenlivened

uncomfortable

uncaused

unbeneficed

Topics untoward topics

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States Quality Good Right, proper

Wrong, unsuitable

• What words describe something that is unsuitable?
  improper ill-suited ill-timed inadmissible inapt incongruous incorrect indecent indelicate malapropos presumptuous unacceptable unapt unbecoming unbefitting undue unfit unfitting unsuited to untimely untoward