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self-willed

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self-will (slfwl)
n.
Willfulness, especially in satisfying one's own desires or adhering to one's own opinions.

self-willed adj.
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Adj.1.self-willed - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

self-willed
adjective stubborn, wilful, headstrong, intractable, opinionated, obstinate, cussed (informal), stiff-necked, ungovernable, refractory, pig-headed, stubborn as a mule He was very independent and self-willed.
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self-willed [ˌselfˈwɪld] ADJterco, voluntarioso

self-willed [ˌsɛlfˈwɪld] adjostinato/a
self-willed [ˌsɛlfˈwɪld] adjostinato/a

self-willed
adj self-willed [selfˈwild]
determined to do, or have, what one wants a self-willed little brat. eiesinnig عَنيد، مُتَصَلِّب الرأي своеволен umíněný egenrådig eigensinnig ισχυρογνώμων, επίμονος voluntario kangekaelne لجباز jääräpäinen volontaire עַקשָׁנוּת हठधर्मी samovoljan, tvrdoglav önfejű bertekad besar þrár ostinato わがまゝな 아집이 강한 įnoringas stūrgalvīgs; ietiepīgs keras kepala eigenzinnig egenrådig uparty voluntarioso voluntar своевольный tvrdohlavý samovoljen samovoljan egensinnig เอาแต่ใจของตัวเอง inatçı 執拗的 свавільний; упертий خود سر bướng bỉnh


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Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia's guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing.
Osborne, of Russell Square, may be induced to relent towards the child of your friend, HIS ERRING AND SELF-WILLED SON.
Self-willed--devilish self-willed sometimes--I grant; but the finest creature, nevertheless, that ever walked the ways of this lower world.
 
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