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[ wey-werd ] / ˈweɪ wərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wayward ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveturned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior. swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious: a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections. turning or changing irregularly; irregular: a wayward breeze. Origin of waywardFirst recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; aphetic variant of awayward. See away, -ward SYNONYMS FOR wayward1 contrary, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, unruly, refractory, intractable. 3 unsteady, inconstant, changeable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR wayward ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for wayward1. See willful. OTHER WORDS FROM waywardway·ward·ly, adverbway·ward·ness, nounun·way·ward, adjectiveWords nearby waywardWays and Means Committee, wayside, way station, way the wind blows, which, way to go, wayward, wayworn, wayzgoose, Waziristan, wazoo, wazzock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for waywardIt was an intimate and somber plea, like a parent opening an intervention with a wayward child. How to Run a Statewide Campaign on $38|Michael Ames|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST How about the man who created her—a lover of women who lived with a wife, his lover, their children, and a wayward librarian? Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The story of a wayward anesthesia trainee who took a near fatal dose of fentanyl hit the news this week. The Secret World of Drug-Addict Doctors|Kent Sepkowitz|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Williamsburg, Nechemya Weberman was a revered leader and a counselor to wayward youth. How One Sex Abuse Case Tore Apart the Williamsburg Hasidim|Allison Yarrow|August 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Also, I adore the devastating footnotes, wherein he eviscerates (decorously) his wayward predecessor, Andrew Field. Blake Bailey: How I Write|Noah Charney|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Here, then, was a web strangely woven by the fingers of a wayward fate. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.|Various With a wayward impulse, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete|Gilbert Parker Hence the congratulations in the family when Amabel undertook the reformation of its wayward member. In times of drought it became very shallow, and in times of flood it tore its wayward course open in any direction it chose. The Paths of Inland Commerce|Archer B. Hulbert To bank on the single grain of good in his wayward sister's heart! The Day of the Beast|Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for wayward
adjectivewanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others capricious, erratic, or unpredictable Derived forms of waywardwaywardly, adverbwaywardness, nounWord Origin for waywardC14: changed from awayward turned or turning away Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to waywarddelinquent, rebellious, headstrong, capricious, unruly, recalcitrant, erratic, errant, aberrant, arbitrary, balky, changeable, contumacious, disobedient, disorderly, fickle, flighty, fractious, froward, immoral |