- waywardness
- noun see wayward
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
waywardness
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waywardness — index delinquency (misconduct) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
waywardness — wayward ► ADJECTIVE ▪ self willed and unpredictable; perverse. DERIVATIVES waywardly adverb waywardness noun. ORIGIN shortening of obsolete awayward «turned away» … English terms dictionary
Waywardness — Wayward Way ward, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned away. See {Away}, and { ward}.] Taking one s own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. [1913 Webster] My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak. [1913 Webster] Wayward beauty doth… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waywardness — See waywardly. * * * … Universalium
waywardness — noun the quality of being wayward … Wiktionary
waywardness — way·ward·ness || weɪwÉ™(r)dnɪs n. changeability, perverseness; irregularity … English contemporary dictionary
waywardness — way·ward·ness … English syllables
waywardness — n unmanageableness, unruliness, stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, perverseness, perversity, contrariness, disobedience, rebelliousness, insubordination FORMAL obduracy, contumacy ≠ tractableness … Useful english dictionary
wayward — [[t]we͟ɪwə(r)d[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a person or their behaviour as wayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control. ...wayward children with a history of severe… … English dictionary
Remonstrate — Re*mon strate, v. i. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. [1913 Webster] It is … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
