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1 Froward -- rank: 1000

Froward definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FRO'WARD, a. [L. versus ... what is required; unyielding; ungovernable; refractory; disobedient; peevish; as a froward child. They are a very froward generation, children in whom is no fair. Deutoronomy 32. WordNet ... 2005) adj 1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English, turned away, froward, from fro from + -ward -ward Date: 13th century 1. habitually ... n. Etymology: ME f. FRO + -WARD Webster's 1913 Dictionary Froward Fro"ward, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. ...

2 Cape Froward -- rank: 889

Cape Froward definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a cape ...

3 Froward, Cape -- rank: 889

Froward, Cape definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name headland S Chile ...

4 Perverse -- rank: 596

... so perverse a sex all grace is vain. --Dryden. Syn: Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious. Usage: Perverse, Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse ... stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untrastable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, ungovernable, froward, pervicacious. 3. Cross, petulant, peevish, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill-tempered, ill-natured, spleeny, spiteful. 4 ... eyeball to eyeball, fallacious, false, faultful, faulty, feisty, flawed, fractious, froward, grouchy, headstrong, heretical, heterodox, hostile, huffish, huffy, hulking, hulky, ...

5 Wayward -- rank: 550

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WAYWARD, a. [way and ward.] Froward; peevish; perverse; liking his own way. Wayward beauty doth not ... ME f. obs. awayward turned away f. AWAY + -WARD: cf. FROWARD Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wayward Way"ward, a. [OE. weiward ... See Away, and -ward.] Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. --Shak ... ADJ n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Perverse, froward, wilful, obstinate, headstrong, stubborn, intractable, unruly, cross-grained, refractory, capricious ... fickle, fitful, flaky, fleshly, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, frail, freakish, froward, giddy, harebrained, humorsome, impetuous, impulsive, impure, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indisciplined ...

6 Frowardly -- rank: 550

... Perversely; in a peevish manner. Merriam Webster's adverb see froward Webster's 1913 Dictionary Froward Fro"ward, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward ... is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation ...

7 Frowardness -- rank: 550

... yield or comply; disobedience; peevishness. Merriam Webster's noun see froward Webster's 1913 Dictionary Froward Fro"ward, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward ... is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation ...

8 Untowardly -- rank: 492

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNTO'WARDLY, adv. In a froward or perverse manner; perversely; ungainly. UNTO'WARDLY, a. Awkward; perverse; froward. Merriam Webster's adverb see untoward Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... Untoward Un*to"ward, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.] 1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward generation.'' --Acts ii. 40 ... s 1913 Dictionary Untowardly Un*to"ward*ly, a. Perverse; froward; untoward. ``Untowardly tricks and vices.'' --Locke.

9 Peevish -- rank: 424

... or fretted; querulous; hard to please. She is peevish, sullen, froward. 2. Expressing discontent and fretfulness. I will not presume To ... querulous; petulant. ``Her peevish babe.'' --Wordsworth. She is peevish, sullen, froward. --Shak. 2. Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as ... 2. Discontented, fretful, captious. 3. Self-willed, stubborn, obstinate, headstrong, froward. 4. Silly, childish, thoughtless, trifling. Moby Thesaurus Jeremianic, acrimonious, bad ...

10 naughty -- rank: 424

... good deed in a naughty world. --Shak. 4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child ... a. 1. Bad, corrupt, worthless, good for nothing. 2. Perverse, froward, mischievous, bad. Moby Thesaurus abominable, arrant, atrocious, bad, base, bawdy ... disobedient, disorderly, disruptive, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, fractious, frolicsome, froward, headstrong, heinous, ill-behaved, immoral, impish, improper, indecent, indecorous, indisciplined ...

11 Untoward -- rank: 424

Untoward definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNTO'WARD, a. 1. Froward; perverse; refractory; not easily guided or taught. Acts 2. 2 ... Untoward Un*to"ward, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.] 1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward generation.'' --Acts ii. 40 ... or "untoward." Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Froward, perverse, intractable, stubborn, refractory. 2. Inconvenient, unmanageable, annoying, troublesome, vexatious ...

12 Curst -- rank: 335

... CURST, pp. of curse. [See Cursed.] CURST, a. Hateful; detestable; froward; tormenting; vexatious; peevish; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling; a word however ... of Curse. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Curst Curst, a. [SeeCurse.] Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.] Though his mind Be ne ...

13 Crooked -- rank: 335

... Bent; curved; curving; winding. 2. Winding in moral conduct; devious; froward; perverse; going out of the path of rectitude; given to ... awry, askew, deformed, disfigured. 3. Perverse, contumacious, self-willed, capricious, froward. 4. Dishonest, unfair, dishonorable, knavish, unscrupulous, deceitful, tricky, insidious, crafty ...

14 Disobedient -- rank: 335

... of English Synonyms a. Unsubmissive, uncomplying, refractory, obstinate, undutiful, unruly, froward. Moby Thesaurus anarchic, at odds, averse, bad, contrary, contumacious, cross ... declinatory, defiant, delinquent, derelict, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disregardful, forced, fractious, froward, headstrong, heady, ill-behaved, incompliant, indisciplined, indisposed, indocile, insubordinate, intractable ...

15 froe -- rank: 335

... Webster's also frow noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of obsolete froward turned away, from Middle English; from the position of the ... right angles to the blade. Etymology: abbr. of frower f. FROWARD 'turned away' Webster's 1913 Dictionary Froe Froe (fr[=o ...