Froward

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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