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Synonyms & Antonyms for wayward
Synonyms
balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms
amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable
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Bans on single-use plastics, such as straws and bags that end up in oceans, have garnered much more attention than the ills of wayward balloons, which donât crack the list of the top 10 most prevalent ocean debris worldwide, experts say. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, "What goes up comes down as litter: Balloon releases are being banned," 1 Sep. 2019 In 1992, Jeff was a young actor in LA with a budding career when a bizarre VHS tape arrived from his wayward Uncle Glen. — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, "Sidewalk 2019: Look for these works from Alabama artists at the film festival," 22 Aug. 2019 To bring to life the house known as Straight Gate, the Seattle turn-of-the-century, stuck-in-zoning-limbo Catholic home for wayward girls, which Bernadette takes on as her family home, Curtis utilized an amalgam of three locations in Pittsburgh. — Mark Olsen, chicagotribune.com, "Architecture in âWhereâd You Go, Bernadetteâ adds to Cate Blanchettâs portrayal of complex character," 19 Aug. 2019 To bring to life the house known as Straight Gate, the Seattle turn-of-the-century Catholic home for wayward girls stuck in zoning limbo, which Bernadette takes on as her family home, Curtis utilized an amalgam of three locations in Pittsburgh. — Los Angeles Times, "How Richard Linklaterâs âWhereâd You Go, Bernadetteâ uses oddball architecture to reflect its heroine," 14 Aug. 2019 Nonetheless, police are encouraging any residents who spot wayward television sets to call the Henrico County department. — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Person Wearing TV on Their Head Caught Leaving Old TVs on Porches in Virginia," 13 Aug. 2019 Ionizing radiation enters the body and bores into wayward molecules that contain oxygen. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "Tardigrades Have Landed on the Moon. Here's What Their Survival Could Mean for Humanity.," 7 Aug. 2019 End of Sentence opens in an Alabama jail, where Frank Fogle (Hawkes) and his wife Anna (Andrea Irvine) are visiting their wayward son Sean (Lerman), who is serving time for car theft. — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'End of Sentence': Film Review | Edinburgh 2019," 30 June 2019 Throughout the Antarctic voyage, the running joke aboard the Palmer was that Ran was WĂ„hlinâs wayward childâalways running late, hard to communicate with, doing the unexpected. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "A Submarine Goes Under a Failing Glacier to Gauge Rising Seas," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wayward.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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