Usage of "self-willed"

Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.

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Uso de self-willed em inglês

I never saw so perverse and self-willed a child in my life. 
 The Iron Rule; Or, Tyranny in the Household 

These people are also terribly head-strong and self-willed in all they do. 
 Palmistry for All 

The self-willed, headstrong man will likely have the toughest time of any. 
 Quiet Talks on Power 

Why must the heart be so imperious and self-willed in these matters? 
 A Day of Fate 

I was beginning to find out that Carrie could be self-willed sometimes. 
 Esther : a book for girls 

As I grew up, my self-willed disposition became more and more developed. 
 Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midsh... 

Passionate and self-willed, he was shaken by a storm of murderous anger. 
 Dope 

He was more than ever peevish and self-willed, with this only difference. 
 The Doctor's Daughter 

I learnt that my cousin had grown up ignorant, self-willed, and clownish. 
 Tales of a Traveller 

But she is reckless, self-willed, defiant of public opinion and exceedingly impulsive. 
 Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in... 

He was a stubborn self-willed man, and he went his own way. 
 La Vendée 

Naturally, or accidentally, she was very passionate, and not a little self-willed. 
 Murad the Unlucky, and Other Tales 

I am sure that Frederick Lee is no self-willed, exacting, domestic tyrant. 
 The Home Mission 

You are an ungrateful, rebellious, self-willed daughter, and you'll never be otherwise. 
 East Lynne 

The woman repeated the cry in the voice of an angry, self-willed child. 
 The Aspirations of Jean Servien 

Not stupid, my dear; if I must say the word, it is self-willed. 
 Can You Forgive Her? 

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Significados de self-willed em inglês