froward

3 definitions found

froward - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf.
     Fromward.]
     Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
     reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
     child.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A froward man soweth strife.             --Prov. xvi.
                                                    28.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
          [1913 Webster]

froward - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  froward
      adj 1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn:
             froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful,
             wilful]

froward - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "froward":
     balky, cantankerous, contrary, cross-grained, difficult,
     disobedient, indisciplined, irascible, lawless, naughty,
     nonconforming, obstinate, ornery, perverse, recusant, restive,
     self-willed, stuffy, sulky, sullen, transgressive, uncomplying,
     undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, violative, wayward, willful,
     wrongheaded