What does "untoward" mean?
Untoward: Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." Acts ii.
Additional senses
- 2.2. 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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