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Antonyms for willfulness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : wil-fuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪl fəl |
Definition of willfulness
Origin :- c.1200, "strong-willed," from will (n.) + -ful. Willfully is late Old English wilfullice "of one's own free will, voluntarily;" bad sense of "on purpose" is attested from late 14c.
- As in tenacity : noun diligence, stubbornness
- As in will : noun personal choice
- As in bullheadedness : noun obstinacy
- As in hardheadedness : noun obstinacy
- As in mulishness : noun obstinacy
- As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
- As in obstinateness : noun obstinacy
- As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
- As in pertinaciousness : noun obstinacy
- As in pertinacity : noun obstinacy
- As in perverseness : noun obstinacy
- As in perversity : noun obstinacy
- As in pigheadedness : noun obstinacy
- As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
- As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
- As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
- As in tenaciousness : noun obstinacy
- As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
- As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
- As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
- As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
- As in untowardness : noun unruliness
- As in fanaticism : noun overenthusiasm
- Is my niece accounting for her willfulness in staying at home this morning?
- Extract from : « Rutledge » by Miriam Coles Harris
- Freedom in this form is only willfulness, because devoid of an inward law.
- Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke
- Don't you realize what the judge will say when I show up your willfulness?
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- Because of our ignorance, our indifference, and our willfulness.
- Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
- And then I knew how heavily Carrie's willfulness had weighed on that patient heart.
- Extract from : « Esther » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- He has all her charm and her willfulness, with the iron will and talent of his father.
- Extract from : « The Heart's Country » by Mary Heaton Vorse
- Nevertheless, there was nothing either small or petty in her willfulness.
- Extract from : « The Hermit of Far End » by Margaret Pedler
- Her own willfulness had brought her to this pass; she faced that uncompromisingly.
- Extract from : « A Poor Wise Man » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It surely is that which "willfulness, conceit, and egotism" find hardest to endure.
- Extract from : « Records of a Girlhood » by Frances Ann Kemble
- That willfulness of his had pleased Lady Sellingworth more than anything had pleased her for a very long time.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
Synonyms for willfulness
- abandonment
- aim
- appetite
- application
- arbitrariness
- assertiveness
- attitude
- backbone
- bias
- bigotry
- bullheadedness
- character
- chutzpah
- clock
- contumacy
- conviction
- courage
- craving
- decision
- decisiveness
- decree
- dedication
- design
- desire
- determination
- devotion
- discipline
- discretion
- disorderliness
- disposition
- doggedness
- dogma
- enthusiasm
- extremism
- faction
- fancy
- feeling
- firmness
- fractiousness
- frenzy
- grit
- guts
- gutsiness
- guttiness
- hankering
- hardheadedness
- hatred
- headstrongness
- heart
- heart's desire
- heedlessness
- illiberality
- immoderation
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- impulsiveness
- inclination
- incorrigibility
- indocility
- infatuation
- inflexibility
- injustice
- intemperanc
- intention
- intestinal fortitude
- intolerance
- intractability
- intractableness
- intransigence
- lawlessness
- liking
- longing
- madness
- mind
- monomania
- moxie
- mulishness
- nerve
- obduracy
- obsessiveness
- obstinacy
- obstinance
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- option
- orneriness
- partiality
- partisanship
- passion
- perseverance
- persistence
- pertinaciousness
- pertinacity
- perverseness
- perversity
- pigheadedness
- pining
- pleasure
- power
- preference
- prejudice
- prerogative
- purpose
- rage
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- reluctance
- resoluteness
- resolution
- resolve
- self-control
- self-discipline
- self-restraint
- self-will
- single-mindedness
- spunk
- starch
- staunchness
- steadfastness
- stick-to-itiveness
- stomach
- strength of purpose
- stubbornness
- superstition
- temperament
- tenaciousness
- tenacity
- transport
- true grit
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- unfairness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- unreasonableness
- unruliness
- untowardness
- urge
- velleity
- violence
- volition
- waywardness
- what it takes
- wildness
- willfulness
- willpower
- wish
- wishes
- yearning
- zeal
- zealotry
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