Definition of froward in English:

froward

adjective ˈfrəʊədˈfroʊ(w)ərd

archaic

(of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary.
Example sentencesExamples
- This verse shows that the person that is froward in heart comes up with mischief and the person sows discord.
- Atli was the eldest son; a man yielding and soft-natured, easy, and meek withal, and all men liked him well: another son they had called Grettir; he was very froward in his childhood; of few words, and rough; worrying both in word and deed.
- The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
Synonyms
stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined

Derivatives

frowardly

adverb

archaic

He who had been walking frowardly in the way of his heart might find healing by turning to the Lord.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her every word is righteous, and she never speaks frowardly or perversely.
- Yet let no man hereby take the boldness to abuse that liberty, turning it to licentiousness; nor misinterpret the petition by perverting it to a lawless liberty, wantonly or frowardly, under that or any other color, to resist lawful and necessary authority.
- For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

frowardness

noun

archaic

All this is of his craft and wiliness: wherefore do thou betake thyself to equity and fair dealing and leave frowardness and tyranny; and thou shalt fare all the better for it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thou wilt bring eternal doom on all frowardness and transgression, and Thy righteousness will stand revealed in the sight of all Thou hast made.
- And yet I misdoubt me that thou wilt not bring this about, because of the frowardness of them that follow thee.
- Here there can be twain no longer, for all jarring, frowardness, and opposition being removed, the oneness is established, wherein the true peace consists forever.
- Then all the young men tucked up their sleeves to the elbows and fell a-weeping and wailing and they blackened their faces and smeared their clothes and buffeted their brows and beat their breasts, continually exclaiming, ‘We were sitting at our ease, but our frowardness brought us unease!’

Origin

Late Old English frāward 'leading away from, away', based on Old Norse frá (see fro, from).

Definition of froward in US English:

froward

adjectiveˈfrō(w)ərdˈfroʊ(w)ərd

archaic

(of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary.
Example sentencesExamples
- The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
- This verse shows that the person that is froward in heart comes up with mischief and the person sows discord.
- Atli was the eldest son; a man yielding and soft-natured, easy, and meek withal, and all men liked him well: another son they had called Grettir; he was very froward in his childhood; of few words, and rough; worrying both in word and deed.
Synonyms
stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined

Origin

Late Old English frāward ‘leading away from, away’, based on Old Norse frá (see fro, from).

单词	froward
释义	Definition of froward in English: froward adjective ˈfrəʊədˈfroʊ(w)ərd archaic (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary. Example sentencesExamples This verse shows that the person that is froward in heart comes up with mischief and the person sows discord. Atli was the eldest son; a man yielding and soft-natured, easy, and meek withal, and all men liked him well: another son they had called Grettir; he was very froward in his childhood; of few words, and rough; worrying both in word and deed. The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate. Synonyms stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined Derivatives frowardly adverb archaic He who had been walking frowardly in the way of his heart might find healing by turning to the Lord. Example sentencesExamples Her every word is righteous, and she never speaks frowardly or perversely. Yet let no man hereby take the boldness to abuse that liberty, turning it to licentiousness; nor misinterpret the petition by perverting it to a lawless liberty, wantonly or frowardly, under that or any other color, to resist lawful and necessary authority. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. frowardness noun archaic All this is of his craft and wiliness: wherefore do thou betake thyself to equity and fair dealing and leave frowardness and tyranny; and thou shalt fare all the better for it. Example sentencesExamples Thou wilt bring eternal doom on all frowardness and transgression, and Thy righteousness will stand revealed in the sight of all Thou hast made. And yet I misdoubt me that thou wilt not bring this about, because of the frowardness of them that follow thee. Here there can be twain no longer, for all jarring, frowardness, and opposition being removed, the oneness is established, wherein the true peace consists forever. Then all the young men tucked up their sleeves to the elbows and fell a-weeping and wailing and they blackened their faces and smeared their clothes and buffeted their brows and beat their breasts, continually exclaiming, ‘We were sitting at our ease, but our frowardness brought us unease!’ Origin Late Old English frāward 'leading away from, away', based on Old Norse frá (see fro, from). Definition of froward in US English: froward adjectiveˈfrō(w)ərdˈfroʊ(w)ərd archaic (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary. Example sentencesExamples The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate. This verse shows that the person that is froward in heart comes up with mischief and the person sows discord. Atli was the eldest son; a man yielding and soft-natured, easy, and meek withal, and all men liked him well: another son they had called Grettir; he was very froward in his childhood; of few words, and rough; worrying both in word and deed. Synonyms stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined Origin Late Old English frāward ‘leading away from, away’, based on Old Norse frá (see fro, from).
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