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wayward
[ wey-werd ]
adjective
- turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient:
a wayward son; wayward behavior.
Synonyms: intractable, refractory, unruly, obstinate, stubborn, headstrong, contrary
- swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious:
a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections.
- turning or changing irregularly; irregular:
a wayward breeze.
Synonyms: changeable, inconstant, unsteady
wayward
/ ˈweɪwəd /
adjective
- wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others
- capricious, erratic, or unpredictable
Derived Forms
- ˈwaywardness, noun
- ˈwaywardly, adverb
Other Words From
- wayward·ly adverb
- wayward·ness noun
- un·wayward adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of wayward1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But however menacing, these were still just protests, and if Taylor was right about an approaching era of violence — something more widespread and systemic than the lone-wolf terrorism of a wayward man like Crusius — it was still unclear what the actual danger looked like.
Norrie's aggressive returning became more wayward as he tried to recover, meaning he was unable to apply any more serious pressure on Bonzi's serve.
Gauff then converted set point on Swiatek’s serve as the Pole hit a wayward forehand out of bounds.
Wayward farm girl Dorothy Gale has dropped into Oz by unintentionally but rather precisely dropping a house on the witch, freeing the colorful clan of Munchkins from the tyrannical scourge of a witch who took pleasure in bending them to her will.
He’d inflamed fans with incendiary words about me as a wayward girl hectoring his unprotected naked men, but my attorney was preparing to challenge his discriminatory treatment of me in ways that no commissioner had experienced in baseball’s other court cases.
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