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Synonyms for untowardness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhn-tawrd, -tohrd
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtɔrd, -ˈtoʊrd

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Définition of untowardness

Origin :
  • 1520s, "not having inclination" (to or for something), also "difficult to manage, unruly," from un- (1) "not" + toward.
  • noun unruliness
  • noun misfortune
Example sentences :
  • Thus thinking, he ceased to murmur at the untowardness of Fate.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
  • Her idea was that all her misery had come from the untowardness of the meeting.
  • Extract from : « The Last Chronicle of Barset » by Anthony Trollope
  • I now acknowledge the untowardness of the situation; but when the boys laughed, I pooh-poohed it.
  • Extract from : « John Marvel, Assistant » by Thomas Nelson Page
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