Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful. synonym: obstinate.
- adjective Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wilful; ungovernable; obstinate; bent on pursuing one's own ends.
- Directed by or proceeding from obstinate wilfulness: as, a headstrong course.
- Synonyms Intractable, unruly, stubborn, dogged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
- adjective Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy.
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- adjective
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only way this can be done practically, though, is if Sarah receives a rollback, a brand new rejuvenation technique that can only be afforded to the rich and powerful - like a certain headstrong millionaire.
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Both are known as headstrong leaders unaccustomed to sharing power.
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But I felt that it was clear that the least want of firmness at the outset would endanger my whole educational plan; therefore, I stood firm, and indeed gained my point, though at the price of being called headstrong, self-willed, and stubborn.
Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel Froebel, Friedrich, 1782-1852 1889
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But I felt that it was clear that the least want of firmness at the outset would endanger my whole educational plan; therefore, I stood firm, and indeed gained my point, though at the price of being called headstrong, self-willed, and stubborn.
Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel $c translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. Friedrich Fr��bel 1817
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My daughter brings new meaning to the terms "single-minded" and "headstrong" -- so for pretty much all of her life attempting to argue with her has just re-invigorated her determination to go her own way.
Wired Campus 2010
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My daughter brings new meaning to the terms "single-minded" and "headstrong" -- so for pretty much all of her life attempting to argue with her has just re-invigorated her determination to go her own way.
Wired Campus 2010
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IRP forum, I'm known as headstrong, but still a fairly good debater.
unknown title 2009
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This is especially true for the "headstrong" kids.
How Children Behave at the Dentist, What to Expect Dr. Dean Brandon 2006
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Because I know I'm the good girl, the pure girl, the smart girl, the over-achieving girl ... and maybe it's something about everything that makes me the kind of headstrong girl that the bad boys have fun chasing after.
\"Like...perfect\" annabellee3 2004
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Homer (in the _Odyssey_ at any rate), Herodotus (in what was certainly not intentional fiction at all), and Xenophon [5] are about the only Greek writers who can tell a story, for the magnificent narrative of Thucydides in such cases as those of the Plague and the Syracusan cataclysm shows all the "headstrong"
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
dailyword commented on the word headstrong
Obi-Wan was this when he was younger.
July 22, 2012
bilby commented on the word headstrong
Was he that when he was older? Or did he remain this? What about when he was other, and middle aged? Please explain.
July 22, 2012