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headstrong

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head·strong  (hdstrông, -strng)
adj.
1. Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful. See Synonyms at obstinate, unruly.
2. Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy.
headstrong
Adjective
determined to do something in one's own way and ignoring the advice of others
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.headstrong - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
froward, self-willed, wilful, willful
disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
headstrong
adjective stubborn, wilful, obstinate, contrary, perverse, unruly, intractable, stiff-necked, ungovernable, self-willed, pig-headed, mulish, froward (archaic) << OPPOSITE manageable
Translations
headstrong [ˈhɛdstrɔŋ] adj → testarudo
headstrong [ˈhɛdstrɔŋ] adj → têtu(e) → entêté(e)
headstrong [ˈhɛdstrɔŋ] head adj → eigensinnig
headstrong [ˈhɛdstrɔŋ] adj → testardo/a


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Collins; "but if she is really headstrong and foolish, I know not whether she would altogether be a very desirable wife to a man in my situation, who naturally looks for happiness in the marriage state.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
The Horse chose his earliest years and gave them his own attributes: hence every man is in his youth impetuous, headstrong, and obstinate in maintaining his own opinion.
Fables by Aesop View in context
He was very strange in his ways--headstrong, terribly headstrong and passionate; but generous and affectionate in spite of his faults of temper.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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