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We found 26 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word untoward:
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  1. untoward: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. untoward: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  3. untoward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  4. untoward: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  5. untoward: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  6. untoward: Wiktionary [home, info]
  7. untoward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  8. untoward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  9. untoward: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  10. untoward: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  11. untoward: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  12. untoward: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  13. untoward: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  14. Untoward: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  15. Untoward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  16. untoward: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  17. untoward: Rhymezone [home, info]
  18. untoward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  19. untoward: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  20. untoward: Hutchinson's Dictionary of Difficult Words [home, info]
  21. untoward: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  22. untoward: Hutchinson Dictionaries [home, info]
  23. untoward: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  24. untoward: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  25. untoward: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  26. untoward: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Quick definitions (untoward)

adjective:  contrary to your interests or welfare ("Made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions")
adjective:  not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society ("Moved to curb their untoward ribaldry")

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Words similar to untoward:   adverse, harmful, inauspicious, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untowardly, untowardness, more...


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