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 Definitions of wayward  [ˈweɪ wərd]  

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Definition of 'wayward' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) wayward
disregarding or rejecting what is right or proper; willful; disobedient.

2.  wayward
prompted by caprice; capricious:
a wayward impulse.

3.  wayward
changing unpredictably; erratic:
a wayward breeze.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME; aph. var. of awayward. See away , -ward)

Definition of 'wayward' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward
resistant to guidance or discipline
"Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
Definition of 'wayward' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) wayward
taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful
Translation of 'wayward' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a child etc) self-willed and rebellious.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: moedswillig Arabic flag Arabic: عاصٍ، صَعْب المِراس، مُتَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: капризен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: voluntarioso Czech flag Czech: vzpurný German flag German: eigensinnig
Danish flag Danish: egenrådig; uberegnelig Greek flag Greek: δύστροπος, απείθαρχος (γι Spanish flag Spanish: rebelde
Estonian flag Estonian: väänik, tujukas Farsi flag Farsi: خودسر Finnish flag Finnish: kuriton
French flag French: rebelle Hebrew flag Hebrew: סוֹרֵר Hindi flag Hindi: निरंकुश
Croatian flag Croatian: tvrdoglav, svojeglav Hungarian flag Hungarian: akaratos Indonesian flag Indonesian: suka memberontak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: einþykkur, þrjóskur, ódæl Italian flag Italian: testardo Japanese flag Japanese: わがままな
Korean flag Korean: 고집불통인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: maištingas, neklusnus, ne Latvian flag Latvian: kaprīzs; ietiepīgs
Malay flag Malay: degil, keras hati Dutch flag Dutch: eigenzinnig Norwegian flag Norwegian: egensindig, oppsetsig
Polish flag Polish: krnąbrny Portuguese flag Portuguese: voluntarioso Romanian flag Romanian: rebel
Russian flag Russian: своенравный Slovak flag Slovak: samoľúby, svojhlavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: kljubovalen
Serbian flag Serbian: svojeglav Swedish flag Swedish: egensinnig, trilsk Thai flag Thai: เอาแต่ใจ; ดื้อดึง; หัวแข็
Turkish flag Turkish: isyankâr, dik başlı Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 任性的，不聽話的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: свавільний; примхливий
Urdu flag Urdu: ضدی Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ương ngạnh Chinese flag Chinese: 任性的

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