willful

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++will·ful /ˈwɪlfəl/ adjective  x-refthe American spelling of wilful wilful的美式拼法

Examples from the Corpus

willful• Unfortunately, Tucson Water is an agency with an entrenched and willful bureaucracy.• He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.• a willful child• She can have tantrums like a willful child.• Even when a jury found willful conduct, that decision did not follow a murder trial.• A singular individual talent in a man's game and a distinctive, willful group of women in a team sport.• He dressed like a willful teenager, favoring jeans so tattered you could see his boxer shorts through them.• You give in to these willful tempers.

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of Corpus the American spelling wilful

willful

I

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]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ 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.

II

will‧ful /ˈwɪlfəl/ adjective
the American spelling of wilful

will·fulBrE /ˈwɪlfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪlfl/ 🔊 (NAmE) = wilful