untoward

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/    美 /ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd/|/ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔɹd/|/ʌnˈtɔɹd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. 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[…]
  2. Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
  3. Unseemly, improper.
    — She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.

词形变化

more untoward comparative most untoward superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
untowardly untowardness

词源

From un- + toward (“to + -ward”).
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