wilfulness
51underachiever — an idle or stupid child Literally, a child capable of doing better, especially in examinations, but failing through nervousness or ill health. As educational jargon, it seeks to excuse wilfulness under a cloak of misfortune: ... we do… …
52wilful — (US also willful) adjective 1》 intentional; deliberate. 2》 stubborn and determined. Derivatives wilfully adverb wilfulness noun Origin ME: from the noun will2 + ful …
53arbitrariness — n. 1. Despotism, absoluteness, absolutism, tyranny, autocracy. 2. Capriciousness, wilfulness, absence of principle, unreasonableness …
54obstinacy — n. 1. Stubbornness, doggedness, headiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, firmness, resoluteness. 2. Fixedness, immovability, stubbornness, tenacity, tenaciousness …
55pertinacity — n. 1. Resolution, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility, firmness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacy, tenacity of purpose. 2. Stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, doggedness, headiness, mulishness, persistence,… …
56perverseness — n. 1. Obstinacy, stubbornness, wilfulness, waywardness, perversity. 2. Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill temper, perversity …
57self-will — n. Wilfulness, stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy, pig headedness …
58piece — 1 noun (C) 1 SEPARATE PART a part of something that has been separated, broken, or cut from the rest of it: She cut the cake into pieces. (+ of): How many pieces of toast would you like? | pieces of broken glass | in pieces (=broken into many… …
59wilful — BrE, willful AmE adjective 1 continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop: a wilful child 2 wilful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc deliberate damage etc, when you know that what you are doing is wrong wilfully adverb …
60forbearing — forbearing, tolerant, clement, merciful, lenient, indulgent mean disinclined by nature, disposition, or circumstances to be severe or rigorous. The same differences in implications and connotations are observable in their corresponding nouns… …
