Self-willed

3 definitions found

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

  Self-willed \Self`-willed"\, a.
     Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of
     others; obstinate.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

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

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-willed":
     balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded,
     case-hardened, contrary, contumacious, determined, difficult,
     disobedient, dogged, dogmatic, fanatic, forceful, froward,
     hardheaded, headstrong, heady, incorrigible, indisciplined,
     insubordinate, intolerant, intractable, irresponsible, lawless,
     licentious, mulish, mutinous, naughty, nonconforming, obstinate,
     opinionated, overzealous, persevering, pertinacious, perverse,
     pigheaded, rampant, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reinless,
     restive, set, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn,
     sulky, sullen, tenacious, transgressive, unaccountable, unbridled,
     unchecked, uncomplying, uncontrollable, uncontrolled,
     uncooperative, uncurbed, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful,
     ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unregenerate, unreined,
     unrestrained, unruly, vexatious, violative, wayward, wildcat,
     willful