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wayward

/wey-werd/US // ˈweɪ wərd //UK // (ˈweɪwəd) //

向上,向前,向上的,向往的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
    • : swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious: a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections.
    • : turning or changing irregularly; irregular: a wayward breeze.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.contrary, unmanageable
Synonyms
capricious任性的,任性,任意妄为,任意delinquent拖欠,拖欠的,违约,逾期errant飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,误入歧途,错乱的erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常headstrong刚愎自用,刚强,强势,强硬rebellious叛逆的,反叛的,叛逆,悖逆的recalcitrant顽固的,顽固不化,顽固,乖张的unruly任性的,不羁的,任性,不羁aberrant反常的,异常的,畸形的,反常arbitrary任意的,任性的,任意,任意性balky巴尔基,白垩纪,白话,碱性changeable可变的,可变,多变的,多变contumacious顽固,顽固不化,顽固的,顽皮cross-grained横纹,横纹的,横纹型,横纹型的disobedient不听话的,不听话,不听话的人,忤逆的disorderly紊乱的,紊乱,无序的,无序fickle多变的,多变,无常,善变的flighty飞行的,飞行,飞扬跋扈,飘逸fractious烦躁不安,烦躁不安的,烦躁的,烦乱的froward眉毛,眉毛胡子一把抓,眉心,眉头紧锁immoral不道德,不道德的,不道德的行为,无道德inconstant不恒定,不稳定,不恒定的,不稳定的incorrigible无可救药,无可救药的,无可救药的人,不可救药insubordinate不顺从的,不服从命令,不顺从,不服从管理intractable棘手的,难以解决的问题,棘手的问题,难以解决的mulish闷闷不乐,闷声发大财,闷骚,闷闷不乐的obdurate顽固的,顽固不化,顽固,顽强的obstinate倔强,倔强的,顽固的,顽固ornery愤怒的人,忧郁的人,脾气暴躁的人,鸟人perverse反常的,反常,乖张,悖逆的refractory耐火,耐火性,耐火的,耐火材料restive躁动不安,躁动,不安分,不安分的人self-indulgent放任自流,放纵自己,自我放纵,放纵self-willed自愿的,自愿,自作主张,自作主张的stubborn顽固的,顽固,倔强,倔强的uncompliant不遵从的,不符合规定的,不合规的,不符合规定undependable不可靠的,不可靠,不靠谱,不可依赖ungovernable不可治理的,不可治理,无法治理的,无法治理unpredictable变幻莫测,变幻莫测的,变化莫测的,变化莫测unstable不稳定的,不稳定,不稳的,不稳variable变量,变数,变动,变异whimsical奇思妙想,异想天开,奇思妙想的,异想天开的willful任性的,故意的,任性,故意

Examples

  • Finau won that event Monday on the first playoff hole when Cameron Smith was undone by a wayward drive.

  • For a start, they only detected errors and didn’t actually test out the process for correcting wayward qubits.

  • In the future, the astronomers hope to understand how these wayward worlds acquired their odd orbits.

  • I do not wish to be put through any wayward maneuvering, and I am certainly not interested in a romantic relationship with you.

  • Still, Suggs would be a dream addition for a wayward franchise that hasn’t won a playoff series since 2004 and has struggled to develop a young core in recent years.

  • It was an intimate and somber plea, like a parent opening an intervention with a wayward child.

  • How about the man who created her—a lover of women who lived with a wife, his lover, their children, and a wayward librarian?

  • The story of a wayward anesthesia trainee who took a near fatal dose of fentanyl hit the news this week.

  • Not to worry, Bob, those wayward thoughts are portals of discovery for an interviewer.

  • A regal few were spiritual counselors, like Weberman, bringing wayward kids and teens back from the brink of ruined lives.

  • But agitation unlocks wayward fancies and sends them scurrying inopportunely across the very foreground of the mind.

  • Mariamne had grown more fantastic, and capricious, and wayward than ever.

  • A large stone set in a secure place surely is a better boundary than a wayward stream whose course is changed by every freshet.

  • Observe the wayward boy whose chief inheritance is a wild, wilful nature.

  • From this companionship a group of wayward children may be formed.