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Definition of
Froward
Froward
fro·ward
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
used to describe a person who is difficult to deal with or is perpetually contradictory and disobedient;
e.g. The froward students were given a week's detention as punishment.
Similar Words
Bad
Balky
Contrary
Contumacious
Defiant
Disobedient
Errant
Fractious
Headstrong
Incompliant
Indocile
Insubordinate
Intractable
Mischievous
Monkeyish
Naughty
Noncooperative
Obstreperous
Rebel
Rebellious
Recalcitrant
Recusant
Refractory
Resistant
Restive
Retentive
Unamenable
Uncontrollable
Uncooperative
Undisciplined
Ungovernable
Unmanageable
Unpunished
Unruly
Untoward
Wayward
Willful
Worse
Wrongheaded
Opposite Words
Accepting
Acquiescent
Adult
Agreeable
Amenable
Amiable
Angelic
Biddable
Complaisant
Compliant
Conformable
Considerate
Cooperative
Courteous
Deferential
Disciplined
Discreet
Divine
Docile
Dutiful
Good-natured
Grown-up
Heavenly
Kindly
Manageable
Mannerly
Mature
Modest
Moral
Obedient
Obliging
Obsequious
Orderly
Passive
Persuadable
Placable
Pleasant
Pliable
Receptive
Resigned
Respectful
Responsive
Ruly
Servile
Slavish
Submissive
Subservient
Supine
Teachable
Temperate
Thoughtful
Tolerant
Tractable
Unresistant
Well-behaved
Well-bred
Willing
Yielding
Related Words
Adamant
Adamantine
Arch
Argumentative
Bad
Balky
Boisterous
Bullheaded
Childish
Contentious
Contrary
Controversial
Corrupt
Deaf
Defiant
Difficult
Discourteous
Disobedient
Disorderly
Disputatious
Dissident
Dissolute
Dogged
Errant
Evil
Fractious
Hard
Hardheaded
Headstrong
Ill-bred
Ill-mannered
Ill-natured
Immature
Immovable
Impertinent
Impish
Implacable
Impolite
Improper
Impudent
Inconsiderate
Incorrigible
Indocile
Infantile
Inflexible
Insolent
Insubordinate
Insurgent
Intractable
Intransigent
Irrepressible
Jejune
Juvenile
Knavish
Lawless
Mischievous
Monkeyish
Mulish
Mutinous
Nonconformist
Noncooperative
Obdurate
Obstinate
Obstreperous
Opinionated
Ornery
Peevish
Pertinacious
Perverse
Pigheaded
Polemic
Prankish
Puerile
Quarrelsome
Rambunctious
Rascally
Rebellious
Recalcitrant
Refractory
Resistant
Restive
Rigid
Rowdy
Rude
Self-willed
Selfish
Stiff
Stiff-necked
Stubborn
Thoughtless
Unbending
Uncivil
Uncompromising
Uncontrollable
Uncontrolled
Uncooperative
Uncouth
Undisciplined
Ungovernable
Ungracious
Unkind
Unkindly
Unmanageable
Unmannerly
Unpunished
Unrelenting
Unruly
Untoward
Unyielding
Waggish
Wayward
Wicked
Wild
Willful
Wrongheaded
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