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wayward

— adjective (= contrary, obstinate, perverse) resistant to guidance or discipline Mary Mary quite contrary an obstinate child with a violent temper a perverse mood wayward behavior

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obstinate

wilful

unruly

stubborn

headstrong

contrary

self-willed

perverse

disobedient

willful

wanton

opinionated

capricious

wild

undisciplined

self-will

self-opinionated

recalcitrant

pigheaded

pig-headed

pettish

peevish

moody

insubordinate

hardheaded

froward

delinquent

crotchety

cranky

wrongheaded

whimsical

waspish

vixenish

unyielding

untoward

unpredictable

unmannerly

ungoverned

ungovernable

unbalanced

trouble-making

testy

surly

sullen

sulky

strayed

splenish

splenetic

shrewish

rough