资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
   1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward
      generation.'' --Acts ii. 40.

   2. Awkward; ungraceful. ``Untoward words.'' --Creech.
      ``Untoward manner.'' --Swift.

   3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
      unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. --
      {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n.