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froward

/froh-werd, froh-erd/US // ˈfroʊ wərd, ˈfroʊ ərd //UK // (ˈfrəʊəd) //

眉毛,眉毛胡子一把抓,眉心,眉头紧锁

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one's froward, intractable child.

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Examples

  • A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

  • He was no conceited or froward caviller at authority, nor born rebel against established teachers and governors.

  • Here I beheld the maiden in pursuit of whom I came, and my froward heart instantly conceived the wildest affection for her beauty.

  • The Wit of the Parents being angry, and the Child froward, is all his own.p.

  • Family and sacred tradition are unavailing to the froward and undisciplined.