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Webster 1913 Edition


Headstrong

Head′strongˊ

(-strŏngˊ; 115)
,
Adj.
1.
Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Now let the
headstrong
boy my will control.
Dryden.
Syn. – Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; untractable; stubborn; unruly; venturesome; heady.

Webster 1828 Edition


Headstrong

HEADSTRONG

,
Adj.
hed'strong. Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; resolute to run his own way; bent on pursuing his own will; not easily restrained.
Now let the headstrong boy my will control.
1.
Directed by ungovernable will or proceeding from obstinacy; as a headstrong course.

Definition 2024


headstrong

headstrong

English

Adjective

headstrong (comparative more headstrong, superlative most headstrong)

  1. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
    He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:obstinate

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