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wayward

[wey-werd]

adjective

  1. turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient.

    a wayward son; wayward behavior.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,
  2. swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious.

    a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections.

  3. turning or changing irregularly; irregular.

    a wayward breeze.

    Synonyms: , ,


wayward

/ ˈɱɪə /

adjective

  1. wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others

  2. capricious, erratic, or unpredictable

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • waywardly adverb
  • waywardness noun
  • unwayward adjective
  • ˈɲɲԱ noun
  • ˈɲɲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wayward1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; aphetic variant of awayward. See away, -ward
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wayward1

C14: changed from awayward turned or turning away
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Synonym Study

See willful.
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Filer bowled with lively pace, clocking up to 77mph, and could be forgiven for being a little wayward after returning from injury.

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Navarro, a semi-finalist at last year's US Open, did not hold serve all match in a wayward performance on the second day in Paris.

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His criticism followed a wayward shot - with a 'mudball' - on the 16th that cost him a double bogey.

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Neither did his second start, his Dodger Stadium debut a second consecutive blur of wayward pitches, walks, hits and runs.

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The Briton broke first in the second set, a nicely angled backhand forcing the error from Lamens, but she immediately surrendered the break with a wayward service game.

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