'Self-willed' definitions:
Definition of 'self-willed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]
Definition of 'Self-willed'
From: GCIDE
- Self-willed \Self`-willed"\, a. Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-willed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- balking,
- balky,
- bigoted,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- case-hardened,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- determined,
- difficult,
- disobedient,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- fanatic,
- forceful,
- froward,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- heady,
- incorrigible,
- indisciplined,
- insubordinate,
- intolerant,
- intractable,
- irresponsible,
- lawless,
- licentious,
- mulish,
- mutinous,
- naughty,
- nonconforming,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- overzealous,
- persevering,
- pertinacious,
- perverse,
- pigheaded,
- rampant,
- recalcitrant,
- recusant,
- refractory,
- reinless,
- restive,
- set,
- stiff-necked,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- tenacious,
- transgressive,
- unaccountable,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncomplying,
- uncontrollable,
- uncontrolled,
- uncooperative,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- unduteous,
- undutiful,
- ungovernable,
- ungoverned,
- unmanageable,
- unregenerate,
- unreined,
- unrestrained,
- unruly,
- vexatious,
- violative,
- wayward,
- wildcat,
- willful