self-willed
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˌsɛlfˈwɪld/
:
obstinado
- He was self-willed and ignored everyone's advice about his career choices.
And here's the problem, like the squabbling of self willed children, like like stubborn bratty kids.
- And here's the problem, like the squabbling of self willed children, like like stubborn bratty kids.
- You've got to cut this out and you who are so strong willed, you have this incredible self willed, this, you know, well honed discipline.
Examples
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You've got to cut this out and you who are so strong willed, you have this incredible self willed, this, you know, well honed discipline.
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O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast!
Blog text (26) -
Who was stupid and aggressive, dangerously self-willed - maybe sometimes...
Fiction book (1991) -
More specifically the Kwantung Army, the most self willed Japanese force, invades Manchuria.
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I was self-willed 24-year-old.
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Noisy, self-willed man.
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And she was an old lady more than sixty years old who, had she not been so foolish and self-willed, might have had a house full of servants to push that carpet sweeper for her!
Fiction book (1996) -
"Liberty!" Wilma, detecting a self-willed streak that it would be useless to oppose, capitulated.
Fiction book (1996) -
Half the time, she was like that, too: disciplined, self-willed, a workaholic, brimming with tidiness and self-mastery.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her self-willed nature often led her to go against the suggestions of her friends.
Synonyms
217
2.9
Not willing to change your mind even when others try to persuade you
43
4.4
Continuing with an action despite problems or opposition
26
5.5
Deliberately refusing to follow rules or instructions out of stubbornness
19
4.3
A person who decides to do something and does not change their mind
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4.1
Someone who wants to do things their own way and refuses advice
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7.5
Refusing to change your opinion or behavior even when others try to persuade you
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8.1
Not willing to follow rules or accept control
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8.1
Not willing to change views or agree with others
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6.7
Refusing to change your mind even when shown evidence
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7.2
Not willing to change habits or the way they do things
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8.8
A person who refuses to change their opinion or behaviour even when others try to persuade them
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8.1
Not willing to change your mind or actions
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9.9
Hard to control or train and does not obey people in charge
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9.9
A person who often refuses to obey and is difficult to manage
Someone who is always sure their ideas are right and refuses to change, even when they are wrong
Refusing to change an opinion even when people give reasons
Very unwilling to change their mind
Antonyms
How Willful
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8.1
217
2.9
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7.3
399
2.5
984
2.3
31
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-willed comes from the parts self ('oneself') and will ('wish' or 'choice'), so it literally means doing what your own wish says. That's why a self-willed person is determined or stubborn and may ignore other people's advice.