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untowardness

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

胆怯,胆小怕事,胆量,胆小如鼠

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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

noununruliness
Synonyms
assertiveness坚定性,自信,坚定不移,自负disorderliness紊乱,秩序混乱,紊乱性,混乱fractiousness分裂性,裂变性,裂缝,裂变heedlessness轻率,粗心大意,无所事事,轻率的impetuousness浮躁,浮躁性,冲动,浮躁心理imprudence不谨慎,轻率,不慎,不慎重impulsiveness冲动性,冲动,冲动的人indocility不屈不挠,不屈不挠的精神,不屈,不屈服intemperanc严密性,严酷的环境,严酷的环境下,严酷的环境中intractability难度,棘手性,棘手的问题,困难性intractableness棘手的问题,不切实际,棘手的事,棘手问题lawlessness无法无天,不法行为,无法无天的现象,无法无天的情况obstinacy犟脾气,犟劲,犟劲儿,顽固性obstinateness顽固性,倔强,顽固不化,顽固派obstreperousness执拗,顽固不化,顽固性,顽固派orneriness危险性,脆弱性,易怒,易怒性perverseness变态,淫秽性,淫乱,淫荡rebelliousness叛逆性,叛逆,反叛性,叛逆行为recalcitrance顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派recalcitrancy顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派recklessness鲁莽行事,鲁莽行为,鲁莽,罔顾后果refractoriness折射性,折射率,折光性,折射性强uncontrollability不可控性,不可控制性,不可控,无法控制uncontrollableness不可控性,不控制性,不可控制性,不受控制ungovernableness不治之症,不治理,无人管理,不受约束unmanageability不可控性,不可管理性,不易管理性,不可控waywardness碍手碍脚,路径,落魄,碍事wildness野性,狂野性,狂野,野生willfulness意志性,意志力,任意性,意志
nounmisfortune
Synonyms
accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼annoyance烦扰,烦心事,烦恼,烦人anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧bad break坏的突破,不好的突破,糟糕的突破,糟糕的断裂bad luck坏运气,运气不好,厄运,运气不佳bad news坏消息,不好的消息,噩耗,噩耗传来blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹burden负担,负荷,负重,负载calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者cataclysm大灾变,灾变,灾难性事件,大灾难catastrophe灾难,浩劫,灾害,灾难性的contretemps争吵,纠纷,争论,矛盾cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形crunch紧缩,缩紧,紧缩性,紧缩的debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难disadvantage劣势,不利因素,弊端,弱势disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discomfort不舒服,不适,不舒服的感觉,不舒服的地方dole补助金,捐助,补助,补助费failure失败,故障,失败者,失效haplessness无助,无精打采,无奈,无能hard luck艰难的运气,运气不好,运气不佳,运气好hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处inconvenience不便,不方便,不便之处,不便利infelicity无赖,无效,无性行为,无效性loss损失,亏损,损耗,丧失misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运mischance错失良机,错乱,误伤,误解misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测nuisance讨厌的人,滋扰,扰民,滋扰物reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒rotten luck烂运气,霉运,烂桃花,烂桃花运setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移tough luck艰难的运气,运气不好的时候,运气不好的人tragedy悲剧,惨剧,惨案,悲剧性的trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作tribulation磨难,摩难,苦难,争论trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难unfortunateness不幸的是,遗憾的是,不吉利,不幸unluck不吉利,不吉利的事,倒霉的是,不吉利的unluckiness不吉利,不吉利的事,不吉祥,不吉利因素unpleasantness不愉快,不愉快的事,不愉快的事情,不快visitation探访,探视,探望,拜访worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼

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.

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