untowards
untowards is the obsolete form of untoward.
Meaning of untoward
Adjective
untoward (comparative more untoward, superlative most untoward)
- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- 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[…]1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […]...
- Synonyms:
- adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, unfavorable, unfortunate
- Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
- Synonyms:
- difficult, fractious, stubborn, troublesome, uncontrollable, unruly
- Unseemly, improper.
- She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 2–3
Forms of untowards
| comparative | more untowards |
|---|---|
| superlative | most untowards |
Origin of untowards
From un- + towards.
Questions about untowards
- What is untowards the obsolete form of?
- Untowards is the obsolete form of untoward.
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