What are some opposite words for untoward?
Antonyms for untoward
ʌnˈtɔrd, -ˈtoʊrdun·to·ward
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term untoward.
Wiktionary
untowardadjective
Unruly, troublesome.
Synonyms:
unruly, fractious, uncontrollable, difficult, stubborn, troublesomeuntowardadjective
Unseemly, improper.
untowardadjective
Synonyms:
inconvenient, unfavorable, adverse, unfortunate, disadvantageous
English Synonyms and Antonyms
untoward
Perverse (Latin perversus, turned the wrong way) signifies wilfully wrong or erring, unreasonably set against right, reason, or authority. The stubborn or obstinate person will not do what another desires or requires; the perverse person will do anything contrary to what is desired or required of him. The petulant person frets, but may comply; the perverse individual may be smooth or silent, but is wilfully intractable. Wayward refers to a perverse disregard of morality and duty; froward is practically obsolete; untoward is rarely heard except in certain phrases; as, untoward circumstances. Compare OBSTINATE.
Antonyms:
accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, genial, governable, kind, obligingSynonyms:
contrary, factious, fractious, froward, intractable, obstinate, perverse, petulant, stubborn, ungovernable, wayward, wilful
Princeton's WordNet
indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untowardadjective
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
"was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
Antonyms:
favourable, favorable, properSynonyms:
indelicate, indecorous, inauspicious, unbecoming, indecent, uncomely, unseemly, adverseadverse, inauspicious, untowardadjective
contrary to your interests or welfare
"adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
Antonyms:
favorable, favourable, properSynonyms:
unseemly, indecorous, inauspicious, contrary, ill, unbecoming, adverse, uncomely, indecent, ominous, unfortunate
How to use untoward in a sentence?
The purpose of the warning is simple, to alert minority investors that those companies could see untoward price movements, whether MSCI or any other index chooses to take that into account is entirely for them to decide and we would not then create a new activity for the SFC to decide that because of the index's decision, which are independent, whether or not to issue a concentration warning in the first place or whether to withdraw them.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni:
Motivated by financial gain, publicity and self promotion, Elgin deployed illegal and untoward measures to extract from Greece the Sculptures of the Parthenon and a plethora of other antiquities in a blatant act of serial theft.
Philippine Defense Minister Voltaire Gazmin:
The US expressed alarm on unilateral activities that are inconsistent with international law, unilateral actions escalate tensions which may lead to actual conflict. Actions that could lead to accidents and untoward incidents due to miscalculations should be avoided.
When something like that happens, there's going to be speculation but to me it just looked like a racing accident, kimi's not that kind of driver. I'd be amazed if there was anything untoward behind it.
If you react to that by piling more intervention on intervention, you encourage more untoward risk taking and you end up with even greater amount of mis-priced risk.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1139 | kind | |
#2818 | proper | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#11528 | favorable | |
#19183 | favourable | |
#26905 | accommodating | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#57508 | genial | |
#77989 | obliging | |
#79668 | untoward | |
#293856 | complaisant |
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