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adjective
- 1. (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary. archaic
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Froward means willful and disobedient. If your dog sits when you call her to come and runs away when you tell her to sit, you can say she's froward. The adverb froward is an old-fashioned way to describe someone who's difficult and ornery.
Froward definition: willfully contrary; not easily managed. See examples of FROWARD used in a sentence.
1. : habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. 2. archaic : adverse. frowardly adverb. frowardness noun. Did you know? Once upon a time, in the days of Middle English, froward and toward were opposites.
adjective. willfully contrary; not easily managed. to be worried about one's froward, intractable child. SYNONYMS obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, difficult. ANTONYMS docile, tractable. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Froward refers to a person who is difficult to deal with, stubborn or contrary, often not willing to comply or follow rules. It's an old-fashioned term that's now rarely used. It usually indicates someone who is disobedient or perverse in their behavior.
Define froward. froward synonyms, froward pronunciation, froward translation, English dictionary definition of froward. adj. Stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate. fro′ward·ly adv. fro′ward·ness n.
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There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word froward, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
UK /ˈfrəʊ(w)əd/ adjective (archaic) (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary Examples The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
Turned away; turned from: opposed to facing. Perversely inclined; wilful; refractory; disobedient; petulant; peevish. Marked by or manifesting perverse feeling; ill-natured; ungracious; caustic. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
