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untowardness

untowardness noun: the state or condition of being untoward.

Noun

untowardness (countable and uncountable, plural untowardnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
    • [M]ans reaſon is ſo farre off from being the meaſurer of faith, vvhich very far exceedeth nature, that it is not ſo much as the meaſurer of nature, & of the leaſt creatures vvhich lie farre vnderneath man; becauſe of the ignorance and vntovvardnes vvhich is in vs and raigneth in vs.1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “The Preface to the Reader”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London...
  2. (countable) Something untoward.

untowardness meaning in Tamil

untowardness in Tamil

வசக்கேடு

Forms of untowardness

pluraluntowardnesses

Origin of untowardness

From untoward + -ness.

Questions about untowardness

What does untowardness mean?
Untowardness means the state or condition of being untoward.
What is untowardness in Tamil?
Untowardness in Tamil is வசக்கேடு. See Untowardness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is untowardness?
Untowardness is a noun.
What is the plural of untowardness?
The plural of untowardness is untowardnesses.

Words near untowardness in the dictionary

  1. untousling
  2. untowable
  3. untoward
  4. untowardliness
  5. untowardly
  6. untowardness
  7. untowardnesses
  8. untowards
  9. untowed
  10. untoweled
  11. untowelled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untowardness (page history and authors); untowardness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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