(a.) Awkward; ungraceful; inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious\; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.

adverse annoying antagonistic apocalyptic awkward bad baleful baneful black bleak bodeful boding boorish conflicting contrary counter counteractive criminal dark detrimental difficult dire discouraging doomful dreary evil evil-starred fateful foolish foreboding fractious gloomy hapless hard harmful hostile ill ill-boding ill-conceived ill-considered ill-fated ill-omened ill-seasoned ill-starred ill-timed impolite improper imprudent in opposition inaccurate inappropriate inauspicious inconvenient indecent indecorous indelicate indocile inexpedient infelicitous inferior inimical inopportune intempestive intractable intrusive invalid irrelevant irritating late lowering luckless mal a propos malapropos malevolent malodorous menacing miserable mistimed not easy of evil portent off base ominous opposed opposing opposite out of line out of phase out of time peccant portending portentous premature recalcitrant rigorous rough rude silly sinful sinister somber star-crossed stressful stupid tactless threatening too late too soon troublesome troublous trying unapt unbecoming unbefitting uncalled-for undecorous undiplomatic undisciplined unfavorable unfit unfitting unfortunate ungentlemanly ungodly ungovernable unhandy unhappy unhealthy unkind unladylike unlucky unmanageable unpleasant unpromising unpropitious unready unrefined unripe unseasonable unseemly unskillful unsuitable untactful untimely unwarranted unwise vexatious vexing vicious wicked wild wretched wrong