Fro·ward a.  Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
     A froward man soweth strife.   --Prov. xvi. 28.
     A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation.   --Bacon.
  Syn: -- Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse.
  -- Fro*ward*ly, adv. --  Fro*ward*ness, n.
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