Hypertext Webster Gateway: "untoward"
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) 1.7 (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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