FROWARD Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word froward. (close relations)
frowardly
Best Alternative Words for FROWARD
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headstrong | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | ||||||||
wilful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • done by design • habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | ||||||||
willful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • done by design • habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | ||||||||
contrary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a relation of direct opposition • exact opposition • a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false adjective satellite • very opposed in nature or character or purpose • of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false • resistant to guidance or discipline • in an opposing direction | ||||||||
defiant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | ||||||||
disobedient | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority adjective satellite • unwilling to submit to authority | ||||||||
intractable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not tractable; difficult to manage or mold | ||||||||
mulish | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack | ||||||||
obdurate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
obstinate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing • resistant to guidance or discipline verb • persist stubbornly | ||||||||
perverse | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict • resistant to guidance or discipline • deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | ||||||||
recalcitrant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly resistant to authority or control • marked by stubborn resistance to authority | ||||||||
refractory | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace adjective satellite • not responding to treatment • temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus • stubbornly resistant to authority or control | ||||||||
stubborn | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield adjective satellite • not responding to treatment | ||||||||
ungovernable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • incapable of being controlled | ||||||||
unmanageable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape • hard to control adjective satellite • difficult to solve or alleviate • incapable of being controlled or managed | ||||||||
unruly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline • unwilling to submit to authority • incapable of being controlled | ||||||||
wayward | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • resistant to guidance or discipline | ||||||||
self-willed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | ||||||||
untoward | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society • contrary to your interests or welfare |