untowardness
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Untowardness — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
untowardness — noun see untoward … New Collegiate Dictionary
untowardness — noun a) The state or condition of being untoward. b) Something untoward … Wiktionary
untowardness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Bad fortune: adversity, haplessness, misfortune, unfortunateness, unluckiness. See LUCK. 2. The quality or condition of being unruly: disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness,… … English dictionary for students
untowardness — un·toward·ness … English syllables
untowardness — noun see untoward … Useful english dictionary
misfortune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mishap, disaster, calamity, catastrophe; bad luck; adversity. See evil. Ant., good fortune. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Bad luck] Syn. back luck, ill fortune, ill luck, adversity, affliction, adverse… … English dictionary for students
untoward — adjective Date: 15th century 1. difficult to guide, manage, or work with ; unruly, intractable 2. a. marked by trouble or unhappiness ; unlucky b. not favorable ; adverse, unpropitious < untoward side effects > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kingdom of Galicia — For the Kingdom of Galicia, now part of Poland and Ukraine, see Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Kingdom of Galicia pt (Galician) Galliciense Regnum (Latin) … Wikipedia
untoward — untowardly, adv. untowardness, n. /un tawrd , tohrd /, adj. 1. unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy. 2. improper: untoward social behavior. 3. Archaic. froward; perverse. [1520 30; UN 1 + TOWARD] * * * … Universalium
