Evil and Untoward

Evil

Evil adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Untoward and evil are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Untoward" instead an adjective "Evil".

Nearby Word: evilly

Untoward

Untoward adjective - Opposed to one's interests.
Usage example: achieved great success as an artist despite growing up in a very untoward milieu

Evil and untoward are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Untoward".

Both words in one sentence

  • Fanfic / Sleeping with the Girls Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Based on a "Not What It looks like," moment in a the second Those Who Hunt Elves arc, Judge thinks that the SI is attempting... "untoward actions" on an elf.
  • Given that Dethklok are unambiguously a force for evil in the world (though a popular one and only one of a few), and he also doesn't care how many people are killed or maimed by Dethklok as long as there will be no untoward consequences for the band and his job, I think he qualifies as a villain.
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Untoward and Evil. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/evil/untoward
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