wayward

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more wayward
Superlative
most wayward
  1. 1.

    Given to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.

  2. 2.

    Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable.

    Đồng nghĩa: adamant, ardent, grim, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, irrefragable, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful

  3. 3.

    (sports) Not on target.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
waywards
  1. 1.

    (dated)Someone, especially a young woman or girl, who is wayward.

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Đồng nghĩa

adamantardentgrimbent onbloody-mindedbullheadedcertainchronicconfirmeddetermineddieharddoggedhard-heartedhard-nosedhardheadedheadstrongimmovableincalcitrantinflexibleirrefragable

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Nguồn gốc từ

Shortening of away + -ward.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 16/8/2026

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