headstrong

English

Etymology

From Middle English heedstrong, equivalent to head +‎ strong.

Pronunciation

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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.

   • 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 52:

     O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Derived terms

• headstrongly
• headstrongness

Translations

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

• Bashkir: үҙһүҙле (üźhüźle), еңмеш (yeñmeş), ныҡышмал (nıqışmal)
• Bulgarian: своеволен (bg) (svoevolen), вироглав (bg) (viroglav)
• Catalan: tossut (ca), cabut (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任性 (zh) (rènxìng)

• Czech: odhodlaný (cs), tvrdohlavý (cs)
• Finnish: sisukas (fi), päättäväinen (fi)
• French: obstiné (fr)
• German: eigensinnig (de)
• Greek: ισχυρογνώμων (el) (ischyrognómon)
• Hindi: हठी (hi) (haṭhī)
• Hungarian: nyakas (hu), konok (hu), makacs (hu)
• Irish: ceanntréan, ceanndána
• Italian: determinato (it)
• Maori: matauaua, upoko mārō, taringa pākura
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egenrådig

• Plautdietsch: baulstierich
• Portuguese: obstinado (pt)
• Romanian: încăpățânat (ro)
• Russian: своенравный (ru) (svojenravnyj)
• Spanish: díscolo (es), desconsiderado (es)
• Swedish: egensinnig (sv)
• Turkish: dik başlı (tr), dik kafalı

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