WORD: WAYWARD
MEANING:
1. Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations: "a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child" (George Orwell). 2. Difficult or impossible to manage, control, or keep in order: a wayward strand of hair. 3. Going somewhere not intended or desired: a wayward golf shot; a wayward courier. 4. Following no clear pattern; unpredictable: "events that were often thought to be wayward, capricious, and inexplicable" (Marq de Villiers). 5. naughty, unruly, errant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Some moments, like those between the industrialist and his wayward son, when he tells him that he is running a family business, not a crime syndicate, hold promise.
PRONOUNCE:
LINK: WAYWARD
MEANING:
1. Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations: "a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child" (George Orwell). 2. Difficult or impossible to manage, control, or keep in order: a wayward strand of hair. 3. Going somewhere not intended or desired: a wayward golf shot; a wayward courier. 4. Following no clear pattern; unpredictable: "events that were often thought to be wayward, capricious, and inexplicable" (Marq de Villiers). 5. naughty, unruly, errant
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Some moments, like those between the industrialist and his wayward son, when he tells him that he is running a family business, not a crime syndicate, hold promise.
PRONOUNCE:
| way·ward - वेवर्ड / वैवर्ड |
LINK: WAYWARD
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