The congressman has been in the spotlight ever since his untoward remarks about African Americans.
Source: tatoeba (982673)
Untoward
//ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd//
Synonyms for "untoward" (183 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (91)
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Adjective(11 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
4 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- անբարենպաստ adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- անհնազանդ adj (unruly, troublesome)
- անպատշաճ adj (unseemly, improper)
- անվայել adj (unseemly, improper)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неблагоприятен adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- неподходящ adj (unseemly, improper)
- неудачен adj (unseemly, improper)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 棘手的 adj (unruly, troublesome)
- 難以控制的 /难以控制的 adj (unruly, troublesome)
- 麻煩的 /麻烦的 adj (unruly, troublesome)
Danish
4 entries- anstrengende adj (unruly, troublesome)
- besværlig adj (unruly, troublesome)
- problematisk adj (unruly, troublesome)
- ufin adj (unseemly, improper)
Dutch
3 entries- onbetamelijkonwelvoeglijk adj (unseemly, improper)
- ongunstigschadelijk adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- vervelend adj (unruly, troublesome)
French
4 entries- défavorable adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- déplacé adj (unseemly, improper)
- désavantageux adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- ennuyeux adj (unruly, troublesome)
German
4 entries- problematisch adj (unruly, troublesome)
- schwierig adj (unruly, troublesome)
- schädlich adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- unangebracht adj (unseemly, improper)
Italian
1 entries- avverso adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
Marathi
2 entries- अनिष्ट adj (unruly, troublesome)
- अनिष्ट adj (unseemly, improper)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- anstrengende adj (unruly, troublesome)
- besværlig adj (unruly, troublesome)
- ufin adj (unseemly, improper)
- ugunstig adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ufin adj (unseemly, improper)
- upassande adj (unseemly, improper)
Occitan
4 entries- advèrs adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- contrari adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- desavantajós adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- desfavorable adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
Persian
2 entries- فریرون adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- نامساعد adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
Polish
4 entries- niefortunny adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- nieposłuszny adj (unruly, troublesome)
- niesforny adj (unruly, troublesome)
- niestosowny adj (unseemly, improper)
Portuguese
4 entries- adverso adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- desvantajoso adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- inadequado adj (unseemly, improper)
- indecoroso adj (unseemly, improper)
Slovak
1 entries- nevhodný adj (unseemly, improper)
Spanish
4 entries- adverso adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- desfavorable adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- desventajoso adj (unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous)
- impropio adj (unseemly, improper)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom swore that he wasn't involved in anything untoward.
Source: tatoeba (3282147)
Tom has done nothing untoward.
Source: tatoeba (10775657)
But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…]
Source: wiktionary
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