willfulness
- bullheadedness n.
- fanaticism n.
- hardheadedness n.
- mulishness n.
- obstinateness n.
- obstinateness n.
- obstreperousness n.
- pertinaciousness n.
- pertinacity n.
- perverseness n.
- perversity n.
- pigheadedness n.
- recalcitrance n.
- recalcitrancy n.
- refractoriness n.
- tenaciousness n.
- tenacity n.
- uncontrollability n.
- uncontrollableness n.
- ungovernableness n.
- unmanageability n.
- untowardness n.
- will n.
Example Sentences
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Here, Ariel’s willfulness stems from a deep curiosity about the world on land and a hunger to see it for herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
When Lucas’s actions offend the people around him, the priest’s motivation seems to be sheer willfulness, not spiritual conviction.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2023
Petrenko, small and smiling, his gestures precise, is the antithesis of willfulness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
She is as much of a royal as she is a would-be general, skilled at riding her dragons and standing up to her dangerous uncle Daemon, who appreciates her willfulness.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2022
My grandfather, whom everyone called a saint, pampered her in everything and tolerated her willfulness, so that the saying among the family was that Papito was so good, "he pees holy water."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
