Definitions for froward
ˈfroʊ wərd, ˈfroʊ ərdfroward

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilfuladjective

   habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frowardadjective

   Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.

2. frowardpreposition

   Away from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FROWARDadjective

   Peevish; ungovernable; angry; perverse: the contrary to toward.

   Etymology: framweard, Saxon.

   The froward pain of mine own heart made me so delight to punish him, whom I esteemed the chiefest let in the way. Philip Sidney.

   She’s not froward, but modest as the dove:
   She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. William Shakespeare.

   Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths. Prov. ii. 15.

   Time moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. Francis Bacon, Essay 25.

   ’Tis with froward men, and froward factions too, as ’tis with froward children; they’ll be sooner quieted by fear than by any sense of duty. Roger L'Estrange.

   They help or occasion sleep, as we find by the common use and experience of rocking froward children in cradles. William Temple.

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1. froward

   Froward refers to a person who is difficult to deal with, stubborn or contrary, often not willing to comply or follow rules. It's an old-fashioned term that's now rarely used. It usually indicates someone who is disobedient or perverse in their behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frowardadjective

   not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Froward

   frō′ward, adj. (Spens.) turned from: self-willed: perverse: unreasonable—opp. to Toward.—adv. Frō′wardly.—n. Frō′wardness. [A.S. fra, away, with affix -ward.]

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1. forward

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of froward in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of froward in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of froward in a Sentence

1. Oliver Goldsmith:

   Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.

2. William Temple:

   When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=froward
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Froward
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=froward
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/froward
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=froward