froward

English - Turkish

Definition of froward in English Turkish dictionary: asi; aksi; serkeş; inatçı; dik kafalı; ters; frowardness terslik; {s} dik başlı
frowardness: terslik

English - English

Definition of froward in English English dictionary: Away from
Whan Sir Galahad herde hir sey so, he was adrad to be knowyn; and therewith he smote hys horse with his sporys and rode a grete pace froward them.; Disobedient, unmanageable; with an evil disposition
Her onely fault, and that is faults enough, / Is, that she is intollerable curst, / And shrow'd, and froward, so beyond all measure, / That were my state farre worser then it is, / I would not wed her for a mine of Gold.; {a} peevish, fretfull, angry, ungovernable; habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition; {s} contrary, stubborn, rebellious; disobedient, unmanageable, with an evil disposition; Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child
frowardness: {n} peevishness, perverseness, whim
frowardness: The quality of being froward
frowardness: {i} willfulness, stubbornness, disobedience

froward

Hyphenation

fro·ward

[ 'frO-(w)&rd ] (adjective.) 13th century. From fro +‎ -ward.

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