[syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Willful \Will"ful\, a. [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.]
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1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful
murder. --Foxe.
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In willful poverty chose to lead his life.
--Chaucer.
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Thou to me
Art all things under heaven, all places thou,
Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence.
--Milton.
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2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as,
a willful man or horse.
[1913 Webster] -- Will"ful*ly, adv. -- Will"ful*ness,
n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
willful
adj 1: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful
disobedience" [syn: willful, wilful]
2: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn:
froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]