willful
or wil·ful
deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; self-willed.
Origin of willful
1synonym study For willful
Other words for willful
Opposites for willful
Other words from willful
- will·ful·ly, adverb
- will·ful·ness, noun
- half-will·ful, adjective
- half-will·ful·ness, noun
- un·will·ful, adjective
- un·will·ful·ness, noun
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How to use willful in a sentence
I can use all the help I can get trying to manage my three big, willful dogs at home and in the outdoors.
The revised premise, which I’ve been asked not to say much more about before the premiere drops, requires some willful suspension of disbelief.
HBO Max's Gossip Girl Reboot Is Perfectly Fine for a Show That Shouldn't Exist | Judy Berman | July 5, 2021 | TimeRather than being an extraordinarily malicious person, he was a “clown” living a genocidal lie fostered and perpetuated by a culture of willful self-deception.
If one of the attorneys finds that the complaint meets a “knowing and willful” standard, Googins is supposed to forward it to the district attorney’s office.
Chula Vista Politicians Routinely Blow Past Campaign Debt Limits | Jesse Marx | June 2, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoBecause this revenue represented goods Under Armour actually did sell, the SEC said it did not find that the company violated accounting rules and claimed that it committed fraud by negligence, rather than willful wrongdoing.
Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales | Douglas MacMillan | May 13, 2021 | Washington Post
The movement was a willful, angry child, though, exploding away from “art” and from the canvas in particular.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCribs, unlike seatbelts, are built for the purpose of willful prevention.
Is It Wrong for Parents to Lock Up Their Disabled Kids? | Elizabeth Picciuto | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe pendulum has swung too far in the other direction from physician paternalism towards willful ignorance by patients.
At times it can seem too proud of its virtuous noncommerciality; its slowness can seem shallow, its artiness willful.
‘The Leftovers’ Review: A Fever Dream You Can’t Wake Up From | Andrew Romano | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs the study of society undertaken with a willful ignorance of moral philosophy, theology, civics, and Econ 101.
P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks | P. J. O’Rourke | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA sweet and blessed sleep enveloped her like the cloak of a kind mother wrapping the willful child who has much suffered and wept.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasShe was high-spirited as a girl, a little willful and impulsive, but with the best heart in the world.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonMarian undoubtedly wheedled her father a good deal in the manner of handsome and willful daughters.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonHe was selfish, willful, and obstinate at two-and-thirty as he had been at ten years of age.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordHe was a willful man, with a good deal of granite in his make-up.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for willful
/ (ˈwɪlfʊl) /
the US spelling of wilful
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