wayward

way·ward  (wwrd)

adj.

1. Given to or marked by willful, often perverse deviation from what is desired, expected, or required in order to gratify one's own impulses or inclinations. See Synonyms at unruly.

2. Swayed or prompted by caprice; unpredictable.

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[Middle English, short for awaiward, turned away, perverse : awai, away; see away + -ward, -ward.]

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wayward·ly adv.

wayward·ness n.

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wayward [ˈweɪwəd]

adj

1. wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others

2. capricious, erratic, or unpredictable

[changed from awayward turned or turning away]

waywardly  adv

waywardness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

wayward - resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" perverse, contrary, obstinate disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

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wayward

adjective erratic, unruly, wilful, unmanageable, disobedient, contrary, unpredictable, stubborn, perverse, rebellious, fickle, intractable, capricious, obstinate, headstrong, changeable, flighty, incorrigible, obdurate, ungovernable, self-willed, refractory, insubordinate, undependable, inconstant, mulish, cross-grained, contumacious, froward (archaic) wayward children with a history of behavioural problems
reliable, obliging, predictable, manageable, dependable, obedient, compliant, submissive, malleable, good-natured, tractable, complaisant

Translations

wayward [ˈweɪwəd] ADJ

1. (= wilful) [person] → rebelde; [behaviour] → díscolo, rebelde; [horse] → caprichoso, rebelde
she separated from her wayward husband → se separó del rebelde de su marido

2. (gen hum) (= unmanageable) [hair] → rebelde; [satellite, missile] → rebelde, incontrolable

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wayward [ˈweɪwə^rd] adj → capricieux/euse, entêté(e)

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wayward

adj (= self-willed) child, horse, disposition → eigenwillig, eigensinnig; (= capricious) fancy, request, passion → abwegig; (liter) stream, breeze → unberechenbar, launisch (liter); their wayward son → ihr ungeratener Sohn

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wayward [ˈweɪwəd] adj (self-willed) → ribelle, capriccioso/a

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wayward [ˈweɪwəd] adj (self-willed) → ribelle, capriccioso/a

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wayward

adj wayward [ˈweiwəd]

(of a child etc) self-willed and rebellious. moedswillig عاصٍ، صَعْب المِراس، مُتَمَرِّد капризен vzpurný egenrådig; uberegnelig eigensinnig δύστροπος, απείθαρχος (για παιδί) rebelde väänik, tujukas خودسر kuriton rebelle סוֹרֵר निरंकुश tvrdoglav, svojeglav akaratos suka memberontak einþykkur, þrjóskur, ódæll testardo わがままな 고집불통인 maištingas, neklusnus, nesukalbamas kaprīzs; ietiepīgs degil, keras hati, eigenzinnig egensindig, oppsetsig krnąbrny voluntarioso rebel своенравный samoľúby, svojhlavý kljubovalen svojeglav egensinnig, trilsk เอาแต่ใจ; ดื้อดึง; หัวแข็ง; ไม่เชื่อฟัง isyankâr, dik başlı 任性的，不聽話的 свавільний; примхливий ضدی ương ngạnh 任性的