Adjective: wilful wil-ful
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: willful)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: willful)
- Done by design
"wilful disobedience";
- willful [N. Amer]
- Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
"The relationship between the intellect and the emotions is like the relationship between parents and their wilful five-year-old";
- froward [archaic], headstrong, self-willed, willful [N. Amer]
See also: disobedient, voluntary
Encyclopedia: Wilful