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Thesaurus: wayward

Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.

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  1. a. Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
  2. adj. resistant to guidance or discipline
  3. Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak. Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. Fairfax. Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought Keble. -- Way"ward*ly, adv. -- Way"ward*ness, n.
  4. Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak.Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. Fairfax.Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought Keble.-- Way"ward*ly, adv.-- Way"ward*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s resistant to guidance or discipline