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untoward

/uhn-tawrd, -tohrd/US // ʌnˈtɔrd, -ˈtoʊrd //UK // (ˌʌntəˈwɔːd, ʌnˈtəʊəd) //

不愉快的事,不愉快的事情,不愉快的,不愉快

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
    • : improper: untoward social behavior.
    • : Archaic. froward; perverse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.troublesome
Synonyms
adverse不利的,不利于,不利,有害的disturbing令人不安的,令人不安的是,扰人的,扰民的perverse反常的,反常,乖张,悖逆的unfortunate不幸的是,不幸的,遗憾的是,可惜的是unmanageable不可收拾,不可收拾的,不可理喻,难以应付annoying恼人的,烦人的,恼人的是,令人讨厌的awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是disastrous灾难性的,灾难性,惨不忍睹,惨重的fractious烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,烦乱的hapless拙劣的,蹩脚的,拙劣,蹩脚ill-starred舛误,舛错,舛讹,舛错的inauspicious不吉利的,不吉利,不祥,不吉利的事inconvenient不方便,不方便的,不便的,不便indocile吲吲,不合逻辑,不合逻辑的人,不合逻辑的inimical对立的,对等的,对立面,对立inopportune不合时宜,不合时宜的,不入时宜,不合时宜地intractable棘手的,难以解决的问题,棘手的问题,难以解决的irritating烦人的,刺激性的,刺激性,可气的luckless无缘无故,无缘无故的,无缘无故地,无缘无故的幸运misfortunate不幸的,不幸的是,不幸的事,不幸recalcitrant顽固的,顽固不化,顽固,乖张的refractory耐火,耐火性,耐火的,耐火材料star-crossed冤家路窄,错综复杂,错综复杂的关系,乱世佳人undisciplined放任自流,放纵,松懈,松懈的unfavorable不利的,不利于,不利,不良ungovernable不可治理的,不可治理,无法治理的,无法治理unhappy不高兴,不开心,不愉快的,不开心的unlucky不吉利的,倒霉的,不吉利,晦气unpliable不易弯曲,不易变质,不易损坏,不牢固unpropitious不吉利,不吉利的,不利于,不利的unruly任性的,不羁的,任性,不羁untimely不合时宜,不合时宜的,不入时宜,不合时宜地unyielding不屈不挠,不屈不挠的,坚忍不拔,坚韧不拔vexatious无理取闹,胡搅蛮缠,烦人的,烦人wild野生,野性,野外,野生的

Examples

  • The existence of that effort is itself presented by Lindell as evidence that something untoward happened, which is a bit like spending $250,000 on Bigfoot deterrents and then pointing to that investment as evidence that Bigfoot must exist.

  • There remains no credible evidence at all that anything untoward occurred in the 2020 election.

  • I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.

  • Gwinn always maintained there was nothing untoward about the contracts and hired an outside accounting firm to audit them, which found accepted accounting principles were followed, the newspaper reported.

  • After somebody has gotten a vaccine—weeks or months later—they can have an untoward immune reaction.

  • But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.

  • There was no indication of anything untoward at the newest outpost of the Ace Hotel, in London, today.

  • I try not to think about the cold years ahead, when time will slowly poach my youth and my body will begin its untoward changes.

  • Any objectionable remark, any untoward joke, any awkward facial expression may be recorded and broadcast.

  • The story of this untoward event illustrates at once the morbid habit of his mind and the bitter passions of those times.

  • So solemn was his air, so sober his voice, that both girls felt a premonition of the untoward message that he bore.

  • Where a Professor Whitney may succeed in spite of untoward circumstances, a dozen will probably fail because of circumstances.

  • On his way home Francie was a good deal occupied with the recollection of this untoward incident.

  • But Charles, absorbed as always in himself, saw nothing untoward in their presence.