froward

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

froward
    adj 1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn:
           {froward}, {headstrong}, {self-willed}, {willful},
           {wilful}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See {Fro}, and cf.
   {Fromward}.]
   Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
   reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
   child.
   [1913 Webster]

         A froward man soweth strife.             --Prov. xvi.
                                                  28.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
        [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "froward":
      balky, cantankerous, contrary, cross-grained, difficult,
      disobedient, indisciplined, irascible, lawless, naughty,
      nonconforming, obstinate, ornery, perverse, recusant, restive,
      self-willed, stuffy, sulky, sullen, transgressive, uncomplying,
      undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, violative, wayward, willful,
      wrongheaded