Synonyms for froward

Grammar : Adj

Spell : froh-werd, froh-erd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfroʊ wərd, ˈfroʊ ərd

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Définition of froward

Origin : Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard (see -ward). Opposite of toward, it renders Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die." Related: Frowardly; frowardness.

adj ornery

Example sentences :

You permit your heart (little did I think it was such a froward one) to recoil.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Another trouble is occasioned by the froward behavior of flowers.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various

"Speak on," said Hilda, calmly, as a nurse to a froward child.
Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Who is this froward youth, with his loud and boisterous voice?
Extract from : « Forgotten Tales of Long Ago » by E. V. Lucas

But be not froward because of a first success, nor hope too much from a royal smile.
Extract from : « Sea-Dogs All! » by Tom Bevan

Be subject, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter » by J. Rawson Lumby

In these froward humours the Duke was much encouraged by Campo-basso.
Extract from : « Anne of Geierstein » by Walter Scott

He was then very peevish and froward, and said I might come another time.
Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox

Make them not froward by your froward carriage, and then say, we cannot love them.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

Be not discontented at them, repine not, nor grow peevish and froward to those about you.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

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