headstrong

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

head +‎ strong

PronunciationEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:obstinate

Derived termsEdit

• headstrongly
• headstrongness

TranslationsEdit

determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want

• Bashkir: үҙһүҙле ‎(üðhüðle), еңмеш ‎(yeñmeš), ныҡышмал ‎(nïqïšmal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任性 (zh) ‎(rènxìng)

• Czech: odhodlaný m, tvrdohlavý m
• Finnish: sisukas, päättäväinen

• Hungarian: nyakas (hu), konok (hu), makacs (hu)
• Maori: matauaua, upoko mārō, taringa pākura
• Romanian: încăpățânat (ro)