self-willed Sentence Examples
- The self-willed child refused to listen to his parents' warnings.
- Despite the consequences, the self-willed woman insisted on going her own way.
- The self-willed horse bolted from its enclosure, ignoring the pleas of its rider.
- His self-willed nature cost him dearly as he rejected advice and guidance.
- The self-willed teenager rebelled against authority, defying expectations.
- The self-willed athlete refused to compromise, even when it jeopardized his success.
- Her self-willed determination led her to achieve goals that seemed impossible.
- The self-willed politician stubbornly refused to compromise, even at the expense of progress.
- The self-willed dog barked incessantly, ignoring its owner's commands.
- His self-willed refusal to cooperate made it difficult to collaborate on projects.
self-willed Meaning
self-willed (s)
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
self-willed (a.)
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-willed
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Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- hard
- opinionated
- obdurate
- perverse
- unyielding
- intransigent
- obstinate
- pigheaded
- hardheaded
- pat
- headstrong
- bullheaded
- self-opinionated
- unbending
- implacable
- pertinacious
- dogged
- adamantine
- determined
- unrelenting
- willful
- immovable
- uncompromising
- inflexible
- stiff-necked
- hardened
- steadfast
- persistent
- obsessive
- hard-nosed
- ossified
- strict
- mulish
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- unruly
- unconquerable
- resolved
- cussed
- stouthearted
- inexorable
- inconvincible
- invincible
- rigid
- stern
- defiant
- refractory
- hard-shelled
- intractable
- froward
- recalcitrant
- single-minded
- cantankerous
- disobedient
- indomitable
- narrow-minded
- contrary
- iron
- contumacious
- firm
- demanding
- tenacious
- anal-retentive
- exacting
- uncooperative
- hell-bent
- bloody-minded
- deaf-to-reason
- mutinous
- hidebound
- inveterate
- unmanageable
- hard-shell
- wayward
- ungovernable
- hard-line
- unregenerate
- wrongheaded
- severe
- set
- insubordinate
- unflinching
- insurgent
- relentless
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FAQs About the word self-willed
habitually disposed to disobedience and oppositionGoverned by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
wilful, adamant,stubborn, hard, opinionated, obdurate, perverse, unyielding, intransigent, obstinate
acquiescent, docile, complying, tractable, yielding, complying, submissive, amenable, pliant, docile
The self-willed child refused to listen to his parents' warnings.
Despite the consequences, the self-willed woman insisted on going her own way.
The self-willed horse bolted from its enclosure, ignoring the pleas of its rider.
His self-willed nature cost him dearly as he rejected advice and guidance.
