untoward

untoward / n'tou d/
  • tính từ
    • bất lịch sự, vô lễ, khiếm nh
      • an untoward behaviour: cách ăn ở bất lịch sự
    • không hay, không may, rủi ro
      • an untoward event: một sự kiện rủi ro
    • khó bo, hư, cứng đầu cứng cổ
      • an untoward person: một người hư
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) không tiện lợi, không thuận lợi
      • untoward weather: thời tiết không thuận lợi

Xem thêm: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, adverse, harmful, inauspicious



untoward

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly

    was buried with indecent haste

    indecorous behavior

    language unbecoming to a lady

    unseemly to use profanity

    moved to curb their untoward ribaldry

  • contrary to your interests or welfare; adverse, harmful, inauspicious

    adverse circumstances

    made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: adverse harmful inauspicious indecent indecorous unbecoming uncomely unseemly