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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
     Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward
        generation.'' --Acts ii. 40.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Awkward; ungraceful. ``Untoward words.'' --Creech.
        ``Untoward manner.'' --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
        unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
        [1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
        Un*to"ward*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  untoward
     a.
     unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  untoward
     a.
     unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  untoward
     a.
     unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  untoward
     a.
     unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  untoward
     Engelska a.
     1 olycklig, ogynnsam, ofördelaktig
     2 stökig, besvärande
     3 opassande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/
  غير متوقّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  untoward //ʌnˈtɔɹd// //ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd// //ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd// 
  1. неблагоприятен
  unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous
  2. неподходящ, неудачен
  unseemly, improper

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/ 
  nečekaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/ 
  neobvyklý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/
  unpassend, ungeeignet 
        "an untoward joke"  - ein unpassender Witz
        "an untoward remark"  - eine unpassende Bemerkung

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/
  unpassend 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/
   [formal] unvorhergesehen, ungewöhnlich, widrig 
        "unless anything untoward happens"  - wenn nichts Unvorhergesehenes geschieht
        "He had noticed nothing untoward."  - Er hatte nichts Ungewöhnliches bemerkt.
   see: untoward circumstances, untoward conditions
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/ 
  1. अप्रिय
        "No untoward incident took place in the last 24 hours."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/
  1. önfejû
  2. kínos
  3. szerencsétlen
  4. makacs
  5. kellemetlen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  untoward /ˌʌntəˈwɔ:d/ 
    niekorzystny, niedobry

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  untoward /ʌntəwˈɔːd/
  1. aksi, ters
  2. huysuz
  3. uygunsuz, münasebetsiz.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əntəˈwɔɹd/, /əntuˈɔɹd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  152 Moby Thesaurus words for "untoward":
     adverse, annoying, antagonistic, apocalyptic, awkward, bad,
     baleful, baneful, black, bleak, bodeful, boding, boorish,
     conflicting, contrary, counter, counteractive, criminal, dark,
     detrimental, difficult, dire, discouraging, doomful, dreary, evil,
     evil-starred, fateful, foolish, foreboding, fractious, gloomy,
     hapless, hard, harmful, hostile, ill, ill-boding, ill-conceived,
     ill-considered, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-seasoned, ill-starred,
     ill-timed, impolite, improper, imprudent, in opposition,
     inaccurate, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient, indecent,
     indecorous, indelicate, indocile, inexpedient, infelicitous,
     inferior, inimical, inopportune, intempestive, intractable,
     intrusive, invalid, irrelevant, irritating, late, lowering,
     luckless, mal a propos, malapropos, malevolent, malodorous,
     menacing, miserable, mistimed, not easy, of evil portent, off base,
     ominous, opposed, opposing, opposite, out of line, out of phase,
     out of time, peccant, portending, portentous, premature,
     recalcitrant, rigorous, rough, rude, silly, sinful, sinister,
     somber, star-crossed, stressful, stupid, tactless, threatening,
     too late, too soon, troublesome, troublous, trying, unapt,
     unbecoming, unbefitting, uncalled-for, undecorous, undiplomatic,
     undisciplined, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate,
     ungentlemanly, ungodly, ungovernable, unhandy, unhappy, unhealthy,
     unkind, unladylike, unlucky, unmanageable, unpleasant, unpromising,
     unpropitious, unready, unrefined, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly,
     unskillful, unsuitable, untactful, untimely, unwarranted, unwise,
     vexatious, vexing, vicious, wicked, wild, wretched, wrong
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 麻烦的,困难的,不幸的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 麻烦的,困难的,不幸的

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