Dictionary Definition
froward adj : habitually disposed to disobedience
and opposition [syn: headstrong, self-willed,
willful, wilful]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
from Middle English fro 'away' (as in to and fro) + -wardPronunciation
(US) IPA: /ˈfroʊwərd/Adjective
froward- disobedient,
unmanageable, with
an evil disposition
- 1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
- Her only fault,--and that is faults enough,-- / Is, that she is intolerable curst / And shrewd and froward, so beyond all measure, / That, were my state far worser than it is, / I would not wed her for a mine of gold.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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