'Frowardness' definitions:

Definition of 'Frowardness'

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  • 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]

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