headstrong

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English heedstrong, equivalent to 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 Thesaurus:obstinate

Derived termsEdit

• headstrongly
• headstrongness

TranslationsEdit

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

• Bashkir: үҙһүҙле (üðhüðle), еңмеш (yeñmeš), ныҡышмал (nïqïšmal)
• Bulgarian: своеволен (bg) (svoevolen), вироглав (bg) (viroglav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任性 (zh) (rènxìng)

• Czech: odhodlaný m, tvrdohlavý (cs) m
• Finnish: sisukas, päättäväinen (fi)

• German: eigensinnig (de)
• Greek: ισχυρογνώμων (el) m, f (ischyrognómon)
• Hungarian: nyakas (hu), konok (hu), makacs (hu)
• Maori: matauaua, upoko mārō, taringa pākura
• Romanian: încăpățânat (ro)
• Russian: своенравный (ru) m (svojenravnyj)