froward Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
    willful; wilful; headstrong; self-willed.

WordNet

Fro"ward adjective
Etymology
Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.
Definitions
  1. Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
    A froward man soweth strife. Prov. xvi. 28.
    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.

Webster 1913