Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.

* 1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew :

Her onely fault, and that is faults enough, / Is, that she is intollerable curst, / And shrow'd, and froward , so beyond all measure, / That were my state farre worser then it is, / I would not wed her for a mine of Gold.

* 1826 , George Crabb

A froward child becomes an untoward youth, who turns a deaf ear to all the admonitions of an afflicted parent.

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, date= , year=c2009 , first= , last= , author=Mary Sidney , authorlink= , title=Froward Women , site=Mary Sidney citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-31 , passage=However, it does make one wonder — if William Shakespeare were the creator of all these froward , literate, and often powerful women, why did he let his own daughters grow up illiterate? }}

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, date=2012-06-09 , year= , first= , last= , author=Christine , authorlink= , title=Forward or Froward , site=Talk Wisdom citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-31 , passage=… the Communist/Marxist/Progressive/Globalist meaning of the term "Forward" can more accurately be labeled as Froward'. … campaign slogan choice would better resemble the term "' Froward " rather than the term "Forward." }}

Adjective

(en adjective)

Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

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, year=2004 , author=Jan Riordan , title=Breastfeeding and Human Lactation , chapter=5 , isbn=0763745855 , page=149 , passage=No untoward effects were reported; however, this was not a blinded or controlled study.}}

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, year=2007 , author=Steven C. Schachter et al. , title=Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice , chapter=4 , isbn=1933864044 , page=282 , passage=However, these guidelines may not be applicable to all individuals with refractory epilepsy, in whom seizure control is not achieved without using polytherapy or resection surgery with their untoward side effects.}}

Unruly, troublesome.

Unseemly, improper.

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, year=between 1812 and 1814 , author= , title= , chapter=1 , passage=She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.}}

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, year=2005 , author=John Martin , title=Organizational Behaviour and Management , isbn=1861529481 , page=518 , passage=The managing director was very depressed at the news, but realized that trying to prove anything untoward had taken place would be very difficult.}}