wayward
wayward is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful. My wife is in a wayward mood. Shak. Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. Fairfax. Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought Keble. -- Way"ward*ly, adv. -- Way"ward*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- arbitrary
- blow
- boutade
- brain
- camel
- capriccio
- caprice
- capricious
- captious
- chase
- cold
- contrary
- crotchet
- crotchety
- deuce
- eccentric
- erratic
- escapade
- fad
- fanciful
- fancy
- fantastic
- fast
- fickle
- fit
- fitful
- flimflam
- foolish
- freak
- freakish
- frivolous
- full
- giddy
- gnat
- have
- head
- him
- hot
- humor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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