wilful
Meaning of wilful
adjective
- (of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate.
wilful acts of damage
- having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences.
a spoiled, wilful child
Middle English: from the noun will2 + -ful.
Information about wilful
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of wilful
wil-ful
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- wilful is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wilful synonyms
Meaning intentional:
Meaning froward:
Meaning done consciously and intentionally:
Meaning planned or meant:
Meaning (of an action, especially a crime) thought out or planned beforehand:
Meaning decide on and make arrangements for in advance:
Meaning (of an action) done with full awareness of the likely consequences:
Meaning having or showing determination or resolve:
Meaning (of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional:
Meaning done in full awareness or consciousness:
Meaning done, given, or acting of one's own free will:
Meaning relating to the use of one's will:
Meaning stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so:
Meaning having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so:
Meaning resembling or likened to a mule in being stubborn:
Meaning stubborn or unmanageable:
Meaning having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline:
Meaning unwilling to help others or do what they ask:
Meaning (of a person) difficult or stubborn:
Meaning noisy and difficult to control:
Meaning perversely inclined to disagree or to do the opposite of what is expected or desired:
Meaning showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable:
Meaning difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour:
Meaning showing defiance:
Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:
Meaning impossible to control or govern:
Meaning difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control:
Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
Meaning (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority:
Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:
Meaning twisted; crooked:
Meaning awkward; annoying:
Meaning (of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative:
Meaning awkward; uncooperative:
Meaning (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority:
Meaning very obstinate or stubborn; headstrong:
wilful antonyms
Meaning happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly:
Meaning not done on purpose:
Meaning meekly ready to accept and follow instructions:
Meaning open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled:
Translation of wilful
- German: bewusst, absichtlich
- Spanish: deliberado, intencional, premeditado, deliberada, premeditada
- French: volontaire, intentionnel, conscient, délibéré, voulu
- Italian: premeditato, consapevole, deliberato, intenzionale, cosciente, conscio
Words that rhyme with wilful
healful, phialful, vialful, wealful, zealful, barrelful, bushelful, counselful, satchelful, seelful, shovelful, trowelful, vesselful, availful, pailful, skilful, spoilful, toilful, unavailful, unskilful, unwilful, wailful, millful, scullful, shellful, skillful, skullful, smellful, spellful, thrillful, unskillful, unwillful, wallful, willful, schoolful, spoolful, fulful, soulful, unsoulful, bowlful, scowlful
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