untoward
untoward is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." Acts ii.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is untoward.
- What is froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." Acts ii called?
- What is 2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." Creech. "Untoward manner." Swift called?
- What is inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. -- Un*to"ward*ness, n called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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