wayward
[ wey-werd ]
/ ˈweɪ wərd /
adjective
turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious: a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections.
turning or changing irregularly; irregular: a wayward breeze.
SYNONYMS FOR wayward
3 unsteady, inconstant, changeable.
OTHER WORDS FROM wayward
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British Dictionary definitions for wayward
wayward
/ (ˈweɪwəd) /
adjective
wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others
capricious, erratic, or unpredictable
Derived forms of wayward
waywardly, adverb waywardness, nounWord Origin for wayward
C14: changed from
awayward turned or turning away