froward

¹

[ froh-werd, froh-erd ]

adjective

1. willfully contrary; not easily managed:

   to be worried about one's froward, intractable child.

   Synonyms: unmanageable, difficult, wayward, fractious, disobedient, willful, obstinate

   Antonyms: tractable, docile

Froward

²

[ froh-werd, froh-erd ]

noun

1. Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.

froward

/ ˈfrəʊəd /

adjective

1. archaic.
   obstinate; contrary

Derived Forms

• ˈfrowardness, noun
• ˈfrowardly, adverb

Other Words From

• froward·ly adverb
• froward·ness noun
• un·froward adjective
• un·froward·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of froward¹

First recorded in 1150–1200, froward is from the Middle English word froward, fraward. See fro, -ward

Word History and Origins

Origin of froward¹

C14: see fro , -ward

Example Sentences

List not, when the froward chide, Sons of pedantry and pride; Snarlers, to whose feeble sense April sun-shine is offence; Age and envy will advise, Ev’n against the joys they prize.

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I remembered that Goethe once spoke to me of the 'Sentimental Journey,' and said that it was impossible for any one better to paint what a froward and perverse thing is the human heart.

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He calls upon the "Kinge most glorious of heaven and erth" to deliver mankind from the venomous and cruel tongues of froward women.

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The former, however, retains sufficient of his hereditary propensities to give an occasional sly blow to a froward chicken, but that very seldom of a serious or malicious character.

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A nurse, who was endeavouring to quiet a froward bawling child, among other attempts, threatened to throw it out of doors to the Wolf, if it did not leave off crying.

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