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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. resistant to guidance or discipline;
- Example: "Mary Mary quite contrary"
- Example: "an obstinate child with a violent temper"
- Example: "a perverse mood"
- Example: "wayward behavior"
[syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wayward \Way"ward\, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned
   away. See Away, and -ward.]
   Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse;
   willful.
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         My wife is in a wayward mood.            --Shak.
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         Wayward beauty doth not fancy move.      --Fairfax.
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         Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought?   --Keble.
   [1913 Webster] -- Way"ward*ly, adv. -- Way"ward*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wayward
    adj 1: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
           contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
           perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
           obstinate, perverse, wayward]