headstrong

§English

§Etymology

head +‎ strong

§Pronunciation

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§Adjective

headstrong (comparative more headstrong, superlative most headstrong)

1. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.

   He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.

§Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obstinate

§Derived terms

• headstrongly
• headstrongness

§Translations

determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任性 (zh) (rènxìng)

• Finnish: sisukas, päättäväinen
• Hungarian: nyakas (hu), konok (hu), makacs (hu)
• Maori: matauaua, upoko mārō, taringa pākura