untoward
English
/ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/, /ʌnˈtɔɹd/
adj
Definitions
- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
- Unseemly, improper.
Etymology
Prefix from English toward (suffix), to (apart, intensively, severely).
Origin
English
to
Gloss
apart, intensively, severely
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- go-to English
- hand-to-mouth English
- hitherto English
- how-to English
- into English
- onto English
- telling-to English
- thereto English
- thitherto English
- to English
- to've English
- to-be English
- to-bread English
- to-come English
- to-do English
- to-draw English
- tocome English
- toward English
- towardly English
- towardness English
- towards English
- unto English
- untowardliness English
- untowardly English
- untowardness English
- uptodate English
- whereto English
- wheretoward English
- to Middle English
- toward Middle English