wilful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++wil·ful British English, willful American English /ˈwɪlfəl/ adjective 1 STUBBORNcontinuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop – used to show disapproval 任性的；固执的〔含贬义〕 a wilful child 任性的孩子2. wilful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc DELIBERATELYdeliberate damage etc, when you know that what you are doing is wrong 故意损害/违抗/夸大其词等 —wilfully adverb —wilfulness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
wilful• Indeed, her doubt could be described as wilful blindness.• She claimed to be doing it only for Jeeta, but there was real, wilful contrariness in it, I suspected.• And just as her peculiar, rebellious, wilful escapade had gone wrong ... so had theirs.• Sometimes kids who are described as difficult or wilful just need a little extra love and attention.• He lived a very wilful life, and the fear of chaos had always haunted him from childhood.• Billy is a very wilful little boy who's constantly being punished for not doing as he's told.• Actually the quarrel was largely due to Apollinaire's careless use of terms and to a rather wilful misunderstanding on the part of Boccioni.• The coroner brought in a verdict of wilful murder.• Partly, no doubt, the figures include at least some wilful or at least entirely feckless credit misusers.• For doubt, full grown, is not a lapse of memory but a wilful refusal to remember.wil·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
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wil‧ful
British English, willful American English /ˈwɪlfəl/ adjective
1. continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop – used to show disapproval:
a wilful child
2. wilful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc deliberate damage etc, when you know that what you are doing is wrong
—wilfully adverb
—wilfulness noun [uncountable]
▪ stubborn refusing to change your mind, even when people think you are wrong or are being unreasonable: Dave can be really stubborn once he’s made up his mind. | a stubborn old man
▪obstinate very stubborn, in way that is annoying and unreasonable: I have never met anyone so obstinate. | his obstinate refusal to compromise
▪pig-headed informal refusing to change your mind, even when people think that what you want to do is stupid: I told her she was making a big mistake but she was too pig-headed to listen. | I wish you’d stop being so pig-headed!
▪headstrong very determined to do what you want, often without thinking about the results of your actions – used especially about young people: As a girl, she had been lively and headstrong. | the headstrong impulsiveness of youth
▪wilful British English (also willful American English) doing what you want, even after you have been told to stop, or when you know that it is wrong – used especially about children: He was a spoiled and wilful child, who always got his own way. | She was passionate and wilful – exactly the sort of creature a man ought to avoid.
▪ornery American English behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do: an ornery kid | Teenagers can be ornery and rude.
wil‧ful
British English, willful American English /ˈwɪlfəl/ adjective1. continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop – used to show disapproval:
2. wilful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc deliberate damage etc, when you know that what you are doing is wrong
—wilfully adverb
—wilfulness noun [uncountable]
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