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untoward
Synonyms and Antonyms of untoward
- tried to reason with the untoward child
adamant, adamantine, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, negativistic, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding
fractious, restive, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild
perverse, resistant, wrongheaded
bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughty
discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, ornery, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly
- a program for untoward teenagers that is designed to give them the kind of discipline that their parents were unable or unwilling to administer
- achieved great success as an artist despite growing up in a very untoward milieu
damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding
dangerous, hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous
antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative
competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting
- unfortunately, one of the symptoms of dementia can be a tendency to make untoward and often shocking remarks
fortunate, opportune, seasonable, timely
applicable, apposite, apropos, apt, germane, material, pat, pointed, relative, relevant
compatible, congenial, harmonious
allowed, authorized, permitted
approved, endorsed (also indorsed), kosher, licensed, sanctioned
abetted, encouraged, promoted, supported
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, tolerable
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