willful

Speech parts

1. willful - Adjective

2. willful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.

Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

headstrong froward self-willed considered designed difficult intended naughty freewill bullhead planned studied calculated contrary advised
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Antonyms

forced chance patient willing flexible compulsory
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Phrases with the word

willful neglect willful participator in a crime willful participant in a crime willful falsehood

Examples

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. Woodrow Wilson

Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe. Caitlín R. Kiernan

The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few. Lyndon B. Johnson

Willful waste makes woeful want. Scottish Proverb

Willful waste makes woeful want. English Proverb

Willful waste makes woeful want. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

willey willeyer Willford willful blindness willful falsehood willful ignorance