Thesaurus / untoward
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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.
MIKE LINDELL’S ‘FRAUD’ ALLEGATIONS ARE EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS THAN YOU MIGHT THINKPHILIP BUMPJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThere remains no credible evidence at all that anything untoward occurred in the 2020 election.
HOW PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER ABUSE MATH TO BOLSTER THE ‘ELECTION FRAUD’ LIEPHILIP BUMPAPRIL 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.
MATT GAETZ TRIES TO PULL TUCKER CARLSON INTO HIS MESSERIK WEMPLEMARCH 31, 2021WASHINGTON POSTGwinn 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.
CENTER SERVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS REMAINS CLOSED, ANGERING ADVOCATESASHLY MCGLONEJANUARY 6, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAfter somebody has gotten a vaccine—weeks or months later—they can have an untoward immune reaction.
WE DON’T HAVE TO DESPAIR - ISSUE 88: LOVE & SEXROBERT BAZELLAUGUST 12, 2020NAUTILUSThe story of this untoward event illustrates at once the morbid habit of his mind and the bitter passions of those times.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERSo solemn was his air, so sober his voice, that both girls felt a premonition of the untoward message that he bore.
MISTRESS WILDINGRAFAEL SABATINIWhere a Professor Whitney may succeed in spite of untoward circumstances, a dozen will probably fail because of circumstances.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCEVARIOUSOn his way home Francie was a good deal occupied with the recollection of this untoward incident.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, VOLUME XXIROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONBut Charles, absorbed as always in himself, saw nothing untoward in their presence.
STUDIES IN LOVE AND IN TERRORMARIE BELLOC LOWNDESWORDS RELATED TO UNTOWARD
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- X-rated
- blue
- coarse
- crude
- dirty
- filthy
- foul
- foulmouthed
- gross
- ill-bred
- immodest
- immoral
- improper
- impure
- in bad taste
- indecorous
- indelicate
- lewd
- licentious
- malodorous
- off-color
- outrageous
- pornographic
- raunchy
- raw
- ridiculous
- rough
- salacious
- scatological
- shameless
- shocking
- smutty
- tasteless
- unbecoming
- undecorous
- unseemly
- untoward
- vile
- wicked
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
- adverse
- afflicted
- awkward
- broken
- burdened
- calamitous
- cursed
- damaging
- deplorable
- desperate
- destitute
- disastrous
- doomed
- forsaken
- hapless
- hopeless
- ill-chosen
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in a bad way
- inappropriate
- inept
- inopportune
- jinxed
- lamentable
- luckless
- out of luck
- pained
- poor
- regrettable
- ruined
- ruinous
- shattered
- star-crossed
- stricken
- troubled
- unbecoming
- unfavorable
- unhappy
- unpropitious
- unprosperous
- unsuccessful
- unsuitable
- untoward
- wretched
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