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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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Derived Forms

  • ˈɲɲԱ, noun
  • ˈɲɲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ɲw· adverb
  • ɲw·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ɲw adjective
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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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Lawson struggled to come to terms with the wayward handling of the Red Bull car.

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Both players scrambled their way down the 18th following wayward drives out to the right that left them blocked by trees.

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Walmart was founded by her wayward cousin after stealing a bunch of the family’s pigs and running away with the money.

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With his movie “Anora,” a bittersweet dramedy about a Brooklyn stripper who becomes entangled with the wayward son of a Russian oligarch, Baker won awards for best picture, director, original screenplay and editing.

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He is hired by a faded actress to retrieve her wayward daughter, a job that takes him to the Florida Keys.

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