Category:Untoward

Un*to"ward, prep. Etym: [unto + -ward.]

Defn: toward. [obs.] Gower.

Untoward Un*to"ward, a. Etym: [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.