Definition for Untoward:

• Wayward; stubborn; unfortunate; as, untoward circumstances.

Synonyms for Untoward:

• adj.

  •adverse (adjective)
  • inauspicious,
  • tragic,
  • perilous,
  • adverse,
  • calamitous,
  • troublesome,
  • unpropitious,
  • distressful,
  • burdensome,
  • opposing,
  • catastrophic,
  • unlucky,
  • unfortunate,
  • woeful,
  • unfriendly,
  • difficult,
  • hard,
  • detrimental,
  • unfavorable,
  • miserable,
  • antipathetic,
  • disastrous,
  • grievous.
  •hapless (adjective)
  • Star-crossed.
  •improper (adjective)
  • indelicate,
  • unsuitable,
  • suggestive,
  • improper,
  • unseemly,
  • unbefitting,
  • unfit,
  • inappropriate,
  • indecorous,
  • indecent.
  •improper; not suitable (adjective)
  • rough,
  • unseemly,
  • indelicate,
  • unfitting,
  • ungodly,
  • unbecoming,
  • out of place,
  • malodorous,
  • uncouth,
  • inappropriate,
  • indecent,
  • indecorous,
  • improprietous.
  •inappropriate (adjective)
  • uncalled-for,
  • impolite,
  • unwarranted,
  • rude,
  • ungentlemanly,
  • unladylike.
  •ornery (adjective)
  • froward.
  •troublesome (adjective)
  • misfortunate,
  • unfavorable,
  • awkward,
  • disturbing,
  • unyielding,
  • fractious,
  • inauspicious,
  • inopportune,
  • perverse,
  • ungovernable,
  • undisciplined,
  • ill-starred,
  • irritating,
  • inconvenient,
  • wild,
  • intractable,
  • luckless,
  • contrary,
  • annoying,
  • Unpliable,
  • untimely,
  • Star-crossed,
  • unmanageable,
  • refractory,
  • hapless,
  • adverse,
  • recalcitrant,
  • inimical,
  • unruly,
  • unhappy,
  • unfortunate,
  • disastrous,
  • indocile,
  • unpropitious,
  • vexatious,
  • unlucky.

• n.

  •
  • inopportune,
  • unsuited,
  • inconvenient.
  •
  • unseasonable,
  • untimely,
  • inimical.
  •
  • negative,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • disadvantageous,
  • unadvantageous.
  •
  • ill-starred,
  • hapless,
  • Star-crossed,
  • ill-fated,
  • luckless,
  • unhappy.
  •
  • uncontrollable,
  • lawless,
  • refractory,
  • disorderly,
  • undisciplined,
  • wild,
  • obstreperous,
  • unruly,
  • indocile,
  • unmanageable,
  • recalcitrant.
  •
  • naughty,
  • unbefitting,
  • immodest.
  •stubborn (noun)
  • unruly,
  • refractory.
  •untoward (noun)
  • unbecoming,
  • improper,
  • indecorous,
  • adverse,
  • uncomely,
  • unseemly,
  • inauspicious,
  • unfavourable,
  • harmful,
  • unfavorable,
  • indecent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • undisciplined,
  • inconvenient,
  • outmoded,
  • disadvantageous,
  • unlikely,
  • unadvantageous,
  • indocile,
  • Star-crossed,
  • hapless,
  • unsuited,
  • inopportune.
  •
  • untimely,
  • unruly,
  • obstreperous,
  • refractory,
  • luckless,
  • immodest,
  • unbefitting,
  • uncontrollable,
  • unnecessary,
  • doubtful,
  • intractable,
  • ill-starred,
  • ill-fated,
  • misplaced.
  •
  • recalcitrant,
  • naughty,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • obstinate,
  • unhappy,
  • unmanageable.
  •
  • lawless,
  • disorderly.
  •
  • negative.
  •
  • wild.
  •
  • bad.
  •unparalleled
  • unprecedented.
  •Other relevant words:
  • boding,
  • trying,
  • ill-chosen,
  • uncomfortable,
  • stubborn,
  • ill timed,
  • answer,
  • ill-considered,
  • painful,
  • inimical,
  • disturbing,
  • harmful,
  • off,
  • cross-grained,
  • antagonistic,
  • ungovernable,
  • invalid,
  • discouraging,
  • luckless,
  • demur,
  • unwise,
  • ill-advised,
  • uncompliant,
  • inopportune,
  • inferior,
  • uncontrollable,
  • deprecate,
  • lewd,
  • counteractive,
  • irritating,
  • counter,
  • wretched,
  • rude,
  • amiss,
  • unbecoming,
  • contumacious,
  • lawless,
  • inapt,
  • foreboding,
  • lowering,
  • unripe,
  • boorish,
  • deviate,
  • unladylike,
  • wicked,
  • clouded,
  • willful,
  • uncouth,
  • rotten,
  • froward,
  • annoying,
  • disprove,
  • ornery,
  • unadvantageous,
  • ill-conceived,
  • somber,
  • unyielding,
  • faulty,
  • for,
  • inept,
  • adverse,
  • ill-fated,
  • untimely,
  • dissent,
  • ruinous,
  • incorrect,
  • timeless,
  • opposite,
  • oppose,
  • fractious,
  • Bodeful,
  • threatening,
  • peccant,
  • immodest,
  • mistimed,
  • dare,
  • unfitting,
  • obstreperous,
  • nasty,
  • rigorous,
  • petulant,
  • ominous,
  • diverge,
  • in opposition,
  • uncongenial,
  • vexatious,
  • discourage,
  • at fault,
  • portentous,
  • dark,
  • uncomely,
  • doomed,
  • ill-suited,
  • ill,
  • awry,
  • ungentlemanly,
  • injurious,
  • outmoded,
  • defeat,
  • corrupt,
  • Portending,
  • disagree with,
  • negative,
  • disadvantageous,
  • unfavourable,
  • wild,
  • stupid,
  • rough,
  • disagreeable,
  • obnoxious,
  • not easy,
  • contradict,
  • noxious,
  • baleful,
  • of evil portent,
  • unlikely,
  • hostile,
  • clumsy,
  • doubtful,
  • ill-omened,
  • lascivious,
  • out of place,
  • disagree,
  • sombre,
  • uncalled-for,
  • vexing,
  • sinful,
  • out of time,
  • Intempestive,
  • malevolent,
  • fallacious,
  • sinister,
  • infelicitous,
  • unnecessary,
  • intrusive,
  • deplorable,
  • prejudicial,
  • unpromising,
  • too soon,
  • deny,
  • bad,
  • counteract,
  • dispute,
  • poor,
  • inexpedient,
  • Incontrollable,
  • improprietous,
  • factious,
  • unbefitting,
  • unmanageable,
  • immoral,
  • unsuited,
  • impolite,
  • unseasonable,
  • evil,
  • cloudy,
  • too late,
  • apocalyptic,
  • unready,
  • Incompliant,
  • awful,
  • naughty,
  • recalcitrant,
  • misplaced,
  • baneful,
  • Unapt,
  • serious,
  • inaccurate,
  • confused,
  • lousy,
  • unpleasant,
  • arrant,
  • irrelevant,
  • conflicting,
  • stressful,
  • undecorous,
  • criminal,
  • dire,
  • inconvenient,
  • ill-starred,
  • Star-crossed,
  • fateful,
  • unsavoury,
  • out of order,
  • defective,
  • late,
  • misfortunate,
  • tactless,
  • unruly,
  • unwholesome,
  • maladroit,
  • intractable,
  • erroneous,
  • dreary,
  • bleak,
  • unhappy,
  • disobedient,
  • unhealthy,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • rebel,
  • contrary,
  • perverse,
  • gloomy,
  • objectionable,
  • menacing,
  • imprudent,
  • silly,
  • malapropos,
  • black,
  • defend,
  • disapprove,
  • refractory,
  • inclement,
  • wrongheaded,
  • vicious,
  • ungodly,
  • foolish,
  • suggestive,
  • Ill-boding,
  • Unhandy,
  • untactful,
  • hapless,
  • obstinate,
  • obscene,
  • indocile,
  • unskillful,
  • malodorous,
  • incongruous,
  • terrible,
  • unwarranted,
  • defy,
  • opposed,
  • Doomful,
  • Toward,
  • awkward,
  • wayward,
  • disobey,
  • wrong,
  • troublous,
  • unprecedented,
  • disorderly,
  • undisciplined,
  • undiplomatic,
  • astray,
  • premature,
  • Unpliable,
  • unkind,
  • unrefined.

Antonyms for Untoward:

• adj.

  • improper; not suitable
    fitting, seemly, appropriate.
  • troublesome
    happy, proper, acceptable, suitable, auspicious, lucky, fortunate.
  • Other antonyms:
    harmless, authorized, benignant, satisfactory, well-bred, exemplary, endorsed, positive, apt, governable, inoffensive, courteous, controllable, right, respectful, balanced, cordial, suitable, pliable, meet, pat, receptive, innocent, fortunate, good, yielding, applicable, affable, companionate, persuadable, complying, respectable, amiable, hospitable, fine, material, friendly, licensed, decorous, deferential, nonlethal, well-disposed, congenial, felicitous, beneficial, compatible, kosher, timely, correct, relevant, consonant, happy, advantageous, mannerly, propitious, polite, servile, befitting, supportive, Trainable, germane, responsive, helpful, kind, accommodating, agreeable, ruly, permitted, genteel, obliging, opportune, seemly, irreproachable, apposite, benign, amicable, disciplined, favourable, genial, relative, creditable, useful, tolerable, reasonable, subservient, manageable, sympathetic, apropos, seasonable, innocuous, understanding, passable, kowtowing, cooperative, supported, decent, nonfatal, commendable, temperate, appropriate, slavish, obsequious, sanctioned, congruous, fitting, nondestructive, pointed, adequate, placable, complaisant, willing, approved, acceptable, blameless, accepting, fit, harmonious, encouraged, becoming, orderly.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    acceptable, accepting, adequate, advantageous, affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, approved, apropos, apt, auspicious, authorized, balanced, becoming, befitting, beneficial, benign, benignant, blameless, commendable, companionate, compatible, complying, congenial, congruous, consonant, controllable, cooperative, cordial, correct, courteous, creditable, decent, decorous, deferential, disciplined, encouraged, endorsed, exemplary, expected, felicitous, fine, fit, fitting, fortunate, friendly, genteel, germane, good, governable, happy, harmless, harmonious, helpful, hospitable, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, irreproachable, kosher, licensed, lucky, manageable, mannerly, material, meet, nonfatal, nonlethal, obliging, obsequious, opportune, orderly, passable, pat, permitted, persuadable, placable, pleasant, pliable, pointed, polite, positive, propitious, reasonable, receptive, relative, relevant, respectable, respectful, responsive, right, ruly, sanctioned, satisfactory, seasonable, seemly, servile, slavish, subservient, suitable, supported, supportive, sympathetic, temperate, timely, tolerable, understanding, useful, well-bred, well-disposed, willing, Abetted, Allowed, Behaved, Trainable, Promoted, kowtowing, nondestructive, nonthreatening, well-behaved, all right.