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adjective
- 1. (of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate: "wilful acts of damage" Similar Opposite
- 2. having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences: "a spoiled, wilful child" Similar Opposite
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WILFUL definition: 1. (of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person) determined to do exactly as you want…. Learn more.
WILLFUL definition: 1. US spelling of wilful disapproving 2. (of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person…. Learn more.
The meaning of WILLFUL is obstinately and often perversely self-willed. How to use willful in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Willful.
If you describe someone as wilful, you mean that they are determined to do what they want to do, even if it is not sensible.
A nature passionate, wilful—hardly good-tempered, hardly very clever, but gifted—was expressed in every feature.
WILFUL meaning: 1. (of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person) determined to do exactly as you want…. Learn more.
Willful definition: deliberate, voluntary, or intentional. See examples of WILLFUL used in a sentence.
Definition of wilful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of wilful. adjective. done by design. synonyms: willful. voluntary. of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled. adjective. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. synonyms: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful.
1. deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: willful murder. 2. unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; perversely obstinate. [1150–1200] will′ful•ly, adv. will′ful•ness, n.
