Library / English Dictionary

    WILLFULNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of disciplineplay

    Synonyms:

    fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("willfulness" is a kind of...):

    intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "willfulness"):

    contrariness; perverseness; perversity (deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline)

    wildness (an unruly disposition to do as one pleases)

    Derivation:

    willful (habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition)

    Credits


    © 1991-2023 The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin | Titi Tudorancea® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
    Contact