Wilful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Variant of willful.
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  • adj. intentional; deliberate
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • See willful, willfully, and willfulness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Willing; ready; eager; keen.
  • Due to one's own will; spontaneous; voluntary; deliberate; intentional: as, wilful murder; wilful waste.
  • Obstinate and unreasonable; not to be moved from one's notions, inclinations, purposes, or the like, by counsel, advice, commands, or instructions; obstinate; stubborn; refractory; wayward; inflexible: as, a wilful man; a wilful horse.
  • Synonyms Untoward, Contrary, etc. (see wayward), self-willed, mulish, intractable, headstrong, unruly, heady.
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  • adj. done by design
  • adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
    • Equivalent
    voluntary    disobedient    wilfully    wilfulness   
    Cross Reference
    wilful fire-raising   
    Variant
    willful    willfully    willfulness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    voluntary   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    willful    intentional    wanton    flagrant    headstrong    reckless    gross    insolent    thoughtless    capricious   
     
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