wayward
desobediente
definition
adjective
her wayward, difficult sister
difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior.
translation of 'wayward'
adjective
teimoso,
instável,
desobediente,
irregular,
caprichoso,
indócil
example
His threat, seen as a ploy to call 'wayward' allies to heel, prompted a rousing statement of support yesterday.
A fabulous young woman leading a project for 'wayward' pupils explained how difficult it was for boys in her community.
Anyone who has had to manage 'wayward' or unruly livestock will know that the easiest way to do so is with food.
I flatter myself by thinking that some 'wayward' janitor refuses to wash it off because he agrees with the sentiment.
Many religious texts legitimise keeping 'wayward' women under control through the use of physical violence.
Spacey plays a man involved with a 'wayward' woman, a selfish, drunken slutty type.
She takes the rap for her 'wayward' brother, going to jail for his crimes.
Teachers should also take a lead in helping correct the misconception of the now 'wayward' pupils.
Still, she did a great job of taking the media spotlight off her 'wayward' brother, Michael.
But now that marriage has gone out of fashion in Britain, our young men are no longer growing out of their 'wayward' behaviour.
The shamans believe this was caused by a 'wayward' spirit who reneged on their deal.
Now, he shoulders much of the blame for Daniel's 'wayward' behaviour.
Three out of four New Zealanders want judges given the power to start cracking down on the parents of 'wayward' children.
Your 'wayward' attitude and ill-conceived policies have done great harm to this country.
Many believe that the law will destroy efforts to reform a 'wayward' youth.
He then had to deal with the increasingly 'wayward' behaviour of his younger daughter, Joanna.
However, in 1998, I changed my 'wayward' behaviour and, within a few months, closed all but one account.
He confessed that he had been fed up with the 'wayward' habits of his elder brother and that was the reason he killed him.
This was supposed to be a feel-good story about a mission to save a 'wayward' cow.
Later he was even prepared to rule that 'wayward' parents should be sent on special parenting courses to teach them how to behave better.
I liked it better when it was a home for 'wayward' boys and girls!
On Friday, he had struck the ball as 'waywardly' as any seasoned golf watcher could remember, despite telling us before the tournament that he was ‘in control of everything right now, and quite happy’.
And then like many before them they paid the penalty for their own 'waywardness' .
By the 1980s, however, her 'waywardness' , failing health and fading interest in contemporary music began to skew the quality of her output.
It cannot compel you to remain in the congregation, forbid you from joining a competing sect, or punish you for your 'waywardness' .
This is why, far from condemning individuals for their 'waywardness' , hard drugs policy is increasingly therapeutic - treating users as patients who need protecting from their addiction, rather than individuals who should be punished.
From still lifes to landscapes, graceful interiors to unwieldy allegorical scenes, his work is 'waywardly' old-fashioned.
We've gotten used to blaming parents for the 'waywardness' of their children, when we don't blame the children themselves.
A lack of monitoring means misdemeanours go largely unreported, but already many British security firms, who traditionally enjoy the best reputation, have expressed worries about some of their colleagues' 'waywardness' .
It is difficult to find in living memory another example of a head of state who has behaved so 'waywardly' , with the possible exception many years ago of President Lumumba of The Congo.
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