Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf.
Fromward.]
Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
child.
[1913 Webster]
A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi.
28.
[1913 Webster]
A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing
as innovation. --Bacon.
Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory;
obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
froward
adj : habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: headstrong,
self-willed, willful, wilful]
WordNet (r) 2.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "froward":
balky, cantankerous, contrary, cross-grained, difficult,
disobedient, indisciplined, irascible, lawless, naughty,
nonconforming, obstinate, ornery, perverse, recusant, restive,
self-willed, stuffy, sulky, sullen, transgressive, uncomplying,
undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, violative, wayward, willful,
wrongheaded
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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