Self-willed \Self`-willed"\, a.
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of
others; obstinate.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
self-willed
adj : habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward,
headstrong, willful, wilful]
WordNet (r) 2.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-willed":
balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded,
case-hardened, contrary, contumacious, determined, difficult,
disobedient, dogged, dogmatic, fanatic, forceful, froward,
hardheaded, headstrong, heady, incorrigible, indisciplined,
insubordinate, intolerant, intractable, irresponsible, lawless,
licentious, mulish, mutinous, naughty, nonconforming, obstinate,
opinionated, overzealous, persevering, pertinacious, perverse,
pigheaded, rampant, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reinless,
restive, set, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn,
sulky, sullen, tenacious, transgressive, unaccountable, unbridled,
unchecked, uncomplying, uncontrollable, uncontrolled,
uncooperative, uncurbed, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful,
ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unregenerate, unreined,
unrestrained, unruly, vexatious, violative, wayward, wildcat,
willful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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