Thesaurus: froward
Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
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Definitions
- a. Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
- adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
- 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.
- Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or isreasonable; 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.
- s. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition