'Froward' definitions:
Definition of 'froward'
From: WordNet
adjective
Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]
Definition of 'Froward'
From: GCIDE
- Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.] Not willing to yield or comply with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. [1913 Webster]
- A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. [1913 Webster]
- A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. --Bacon.
- Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse. -- {Fro"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Fro"ward*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'froward'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- balky,
- cantankerous,
- contrary,
- cross-grained,
- difficult,
- disobedient,
- indisciplined,
- irascible,
- lawless,
- naughty,
- nonconforming,
- obstinate,
- ornery,
- perverse,
- recusant,
- restive,
- self-willed,
- stuffy,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- transgressive,
- uncomplying,
- undisciplined,
- unduteous,
- undutiful,
- violative,
- wayward,
- willful,
- wrongheaded