willfulness

Noun

Meaning

willfulness (usually uncountable, plural willfulnesses)

(American spelling) Alternative form of wilfulness

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

insistence persistence intolerance insubordination perversity obstinacy tenacity intransigence rebelliousness intractability doggedness contrariness pertinacity contumacy obduracy
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Antonyms

compliance obedience patience

Hypernyms

intractability intractableness

Hyponyms

perversity contrariness perverseness

Examples

I think I've inherited a kind ofwillfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens. Tony Goldwyn

It feels like all of creation has become thin (except, of course, where there is particular willfulness and evil taking place). Source: Internet

This will be the year to exercise your willfulness in your partnerships and learn how to swim in many different currents at once. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

willful participator in a crime willfully willfully ignore willhendersonite Willhite Willhoite