froward

[froh-werd, froh-erd] /ˈfroʊ wərd, ˈfroʊ ərd/
adjective
1.
willfully contrary; not easily managed:
to be worried about one's froward, intractable child.
Origin
1150-1200; Middle English froward, fraward. See fro, -ward
Related forms
frowardly, adverb
frowardness, noun
unfroward, adjective
unfrowardly, adverb
Can be confused
foreword, forward, forwards, froward (see synonym study at forward)
Synonyms
obstinate, willful, disobedient, fractious, wayward, unmanageable, difficult.
Antonyms
docile, tractable.

Froward

[froh-werd, froh-erd] /ˈfroʊ wərd, ˈfroʊ ərd/
noun
1.
Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
British Dictionary definitions for froward

froward

/ˈfrəʊəd/
adjective
1.
(archaic) obstinate; contrary
Derived Forms
frowardly, adverb
frowardness, noun
Word Origin
C14: see fro, -ward
Word Origin and History for froward
adv.

Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard (see -ward). Opposite of toward, it renders Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die." Related: Frowardly; frowardness.