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   Will·ful

   /ˈwilf(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of an immoral or illegal act or omission) intentional; deliberate: US "willful acts of damage" Similar deliberateintentionalintendeddone on purposepremeditatedplannedcalculatedpurposefulconsciousknowingvoluntaryvolitionalOpposite accidentalunintentional
   • ▪ having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences or effects: US "the pettish, willful side of him" Similar headstrongself-willedstrong-willedwith a will of one's owndetermined to have one's own wayobstinatestubbornas stubborn as a mulemulishpigheadedbull-headedrefractoryrecalcitrantuncooperativeintractableobstreperouscontraryperversewaywarddefiantdisobedientungovernableunmanageablerebelliousmutinousinsubordinatethrawninformal:cussedbloody-mindedbolshiebalkyarchaic:frowardcontumaciousrare:contrariousrenitentpervicaciousOpposite biddableamenable

   Word Origin Middle English: from the noun will2 + -ful.

   Derivatives

   • 1. willfulness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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