wayward
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour, example: "a wayward adolescent"Part of speech:
Adjectivewayward, more wayward, most wayward
Example sentences with this word:
It should have been done free of charge because horologist was his mother-in-law, who used to be a shopkeeper in a jail for wayward women.
I closed my eyes, praying the voice – his mother? His father? – On the other end would accept the call, would welcome home a wayward son, like I’d so hoped to do.
Beware Madame Google; she is sometimes wayward.
If they had one thing in common it was that all of them were slightly wayward, rough-hewn, jocose.
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