ALL meanings of wayward
way·ward
W w - noun wayward Difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior. 1
- adjective wayward person: wilful 1
- adjective wayward turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior. 1
- adjective wayward swayed or prompted by caprice; capricious: a wayward impulse; to be wayward in one's affections. 1
- adjective wayward turning or changing irregularly; irregular: a wayward breeze. 1
- adjective wayward If you describe a person or their behaviour as wayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control. 0
- adjective wayward wanting to have one's own way regardless of the wishes or good of others 0
- adjective wayward capricious, erratic, or unpredictable 0
- adjective wayward insistent upon having one's own way, contrary to others' advice, wishes, or orders; headstrong, willful, disobedient, delinquent, etc. 0
- adjective wayward conforming to no fixed rule or pattern; unpredictable; irregular; capricious; erratic 0
- adjective wayward unwanted or unexpected 0
- adjective wayward given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray. 0
- adjective wayward obstinate, contrary and unpredictable. 0
- adjective wayward (sports) not on target. 0