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:
- obsessive
- inflexible
- hard
- determined
- hardened
- hardheaded
- self-opinionated
- hard-nosed
- willful
- unyielding
- immovable
- perverse
- stiff-necked
- headstrong
- pat
- steadfast
- bullheaded
- strict
- ossified
- mulish
- adamantine
- unrelenting
- uncompromising
- pigheaded
- implacable
- unbending
- obstinate
- persistent
- opinionated
- obdurate
- intransigent
- dogged
- pertinacious
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- wayward
- intractable
- set
- resolved
- inconvincible
- cussed
- hard-line
- bloody-minded
- relentless
- stouthearted
- hell-bent
- froward
- insubordinate
- ungovernable
- rigid
- contumacious
- recalcitrant
- inexorable
- cantankerous
- unruly
- unflinching
- unconquerable
- uncooperative
- defiant
- anal-retentive
- hard-shell
- refractory
- invincible
- firm
- inveterate
- unmanageable
- exacting
- insurgent
- hard-shelled
- contrary
- severe
- tenacious
- mutinous
- disobedient
- hidebound
- iron
- demanding
- stern
- wrongheaded
- narrow-minded
- indomitable
- unregenerate
- single-minded
- deaf-to-reason
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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,stubborn, adamant, obsessive, inflexible, hard, determined, hardened, hardheaded, self-opinionated
docile, agreeable, tractable, complying, yielding, docile, compliant, amenable, pliant, yielding
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.
