The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf.
   Fromward.]
   Not willing to yield or comply with what is required or is
   reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
   child.
   [1913 Webster]

         A froward man soweth strife.             --Prov. xvi.
                                                  28.
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         A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing
         as innovation.                           --Bacon.

   Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory;
        obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse. --
        Fro"ward*ly, adv. -- Fro"ward*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

froward
    adj 1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn:
           froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful,
           wilful]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "froward":
   balky, cantankerous, contrary, cross-grained, difficult,
   disobedient, indisciplined, irascible, lawless, naughty,
   nonconforming, obstinate, ornery, perverse, recusant, restive,
   self-willed, stuffy, sulky, sullen, transgressive, uncomplying,
   undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, violative, wayward, willful,
   wrongheaded