wayward

Adjective Satellite

• resistant to guidance or discipline
  • "wayward behavior"

Adj

• Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
• Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable.
• Not on target.

Adjective

• Disobedient, unpredictable, or difficult to control.

Examples

• The wayward ’Q’ kept appearing on his rack, making it difficult to form standard words.

Synonyms

contrary, obstinate, perverse, adamant, ardent, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, irrefragable, mulish, obdurate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vagabond, vehement, wilful, willful

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