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headstrong en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English heedstrong, equivalent to head + strong.

Meanings

1. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
   • O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile. 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 52:
   • He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.

Forms

Deriveds

headstrongly · headstrongness

Translations (40)

es desconsiderado (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ca cabut (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ga ceanndána (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · mi matauaua (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · hu nyakas (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ba үҙһүҙле (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · da egenrådig (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · fi sisukas (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · pt obstinado (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ro încăpățânat (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ga ceanntréan (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · el ισχυρογνώμων (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · pl zawzięty (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · it determinato (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · tr dik başlı (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · mi upoko mārō (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · pl nieustępliwy (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · hi हठी (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · bg вироглав (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · de eigensinnig (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ro căpos (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · cmn 任性 (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · pdt baulstierich (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · mi taringa pākura (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · fr obstiné (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · bg своеволен (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · cs odhodlaný (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · es díscolo (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · sv egensinnig (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · hu makacs (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · tr dik kafalı (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · nb egenrådig (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · pl uparty (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ca tossut (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ba еңмеш (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ba ныҡышмал (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · ru своенравный (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · cs tvrdohlavý (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · hu konok (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want) · fi päättäväinen (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want)