Synonyms for Untoward

Synonyms for "untoward" (175 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Adjective(4 words)

adverse inauspicious unbecoming unseemly

adverse amiss annoying antagonistic apocalyptic awkward bad baleful baneful black bleak bodeful boding boorish conflicting contrary counter counteractive criminal dark

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detrimental difficult dire discouraging doomful dreary evil evil-starred fateful foolish foreboding

Strong matches (53)

Related words (87)

nastynot easyof evil portentoff baseominous opposed opposing oppositeout of lineout of phaseout of timepeccant portending portentous premature recalcitrant rigorous rough rude silly

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Adjective(2 words)

perverse wanton

Adjective(9 words)

surprising uncomely unexpected unforeseen unfortunate unlucky unplannedunprofessional behaviorunseemlier

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

evaluative adjective

More specific

12 entries

adverse consequenceimproper conductindecent actsudden complicationsurprise outcomeunbecoming behaviorunexpected resultunfavorable outcomeunforeseen eventunfortunate eventunlucky incidentunseemly conduct

Collocations

6 entries

untoward behavioruntoward circumstanceuntoward conductuntoward consequencesuntoward eventuntoward incident

Inflections

2 entries

more untowardmost untoward

Derivations

2 entries

untowardly untowardness

similar

3 entries

improper unfavorable unfavourable

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The congressman has been in the spotlight ever since his untoward remarks about African Americans.

Source: tatoeba (982673)

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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