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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024will•ful /ˈwɪlfəl/USA pronunciation or wil•ful, adj. - deliberate;
intentional:willful negligence. - unreasonably stubborn, determined, or headstrong.
will•ful•ly, adv. will•ful•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024will•ful (wil′fəl),USA pronunciation adj. - deliberate, voluntary, or intentional:The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- unreasonably stubborn or headstrong;
self-willed.
Also, wilful. - 1150–1200; Middle English; Old English wilful willing. See will2, -ful
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged volitional.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged intransigent; contrary, refractory, pigheaded, inflexible, obdurate, adamant. Willful, headstrong, perverse, wayward refer to one who stubbornly insists upon doing as he or she pleases. Willful suggests a stubborn persistence in doing what one wishes, esp. in opposition to those whose wishes or commands ought to be respected or obeyed:that willful child who disregarded his parents' advice.One who is headstrong is often foolishly, and sometimes violently, self-willed:reckless and headstrong youths.The perverse person is unreasonably or obstinately intractable or contrary, often with the express intention of being disagreeable:perverse out of sheer spite.Wayward in this sense has the connotation of rash wrongheadedness that gets one into trouble:a reform school for wayward girls.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obedient, tractable.
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