froward

a. 顽固的, 固执的, 刚愎的

发音

UK /ˈfɹəʊ.(w)əd/
US /ˈfɹoʊ.ɚd/

词形变化

more froward 比较级 most froward 最高级

别名

frowards

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.

    古体 文学

    But in the meanwhile, for fear lest if he would wax never the better he would wax much the worse; and from gentle, smooth, sweet, and courteous, might wax angry, rough, froward, and sour, and thereupon be troublous and tedious to the world to make fair weather with; they give him fair words for the while and put him in good comfort, and let him for the rest take his own chance.

prep.
  1. 1.

    Away from.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

headstrong willful wilful self-willed

近义相关 1

disobedient

词源

From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).

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