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- Dictionaryfroward/ˈfrəʊəd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary. archaic
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1. : habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. 2. archaic : adverse. frowardly adverb. frowardness noun. Did you know? Once upon a time, in the days of Middle English, froward and toward were opposites.
Froward means willful and disobedient. If your dog sits when you call her to come and runs away when you tell her to sit, you can say she's froward. The adverb froward is an old-fashioned way to describe someone who's difficult and ornery.
Froward definition: willfully contrary; not easily managed. See examples of FROWARD used in a sentence.
adjective. willfully contrary; not easily managed. to be worried about one's froward, intractable child. SYNONYMS obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, difficult. ANTONYMS docile, tractable. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Define froward. froward synonyms, froward pronunciation, froward translation, English dictionary definition of froward. adj. Stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate. fro′ward·ly adv. fro′ward·ness n.
Froward definition: willfully contrary; not easily managed. See examples of FROWARD used in a sentence.
Jun 17, 2024 · froward (comparative more froward, superlative most froward) (archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one's froward, intractable child. Middle English froward, fraward. See fro, - ward 1150–1200. fro′ward•ly, adv. fro′ward•ness, n. obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, difficult. docile, tractable.
(of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary.. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
Synonyms for FROWARD: mischievous, naughty, bad, rude, rebellious, selfish, errant, childish; Antonyms of FROWARD: orderly, obedient, nice, dutiful, correct, behaved, proper, submissive.
