FROWARD

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

(adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

froward (comparative more froward, superlative most froward)

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

Synonyms

• untoward

Preposition

froward

(obsolete) Away from.

Anagrams

• Forward, Warford, forward

Source: Wiktionary

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Fro"ward, a. Etym: [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.]

Definition: Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. Bacon.

Syn.

– Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse.

– Fro"ward*ly, adv.

– Fro"ward*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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