Headstrong

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful. See Synonyms at obstinate, unruly.
  • adj. Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
  • adj. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Wilful; ungovernable; obstinate; bent on pursuing one's own ends.
  • Directed by or proceeding from obstinate wilfulness: as, a headstrong course.
  • Synonyms Intractable, unruly, stubborn, dogged.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
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    ungovernable    obstinate    stubborn    violent    heady    venturesome    unruly    untractable   
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