Froward [adjective]

A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

He was no conceited or froward caviller at authority, nor born rebel against established teachers and governors.

Here I beheld the maiden in pursuit of whom I came, and my froward heart instantly conceived the wildest affection for her beauty.

The Wit of the Parents being angry, and the Child froward, is all his own.p.

Family and sacred tradition are unavailing to the froward and undisciplined.

I call it the thought of a peevish, froward, fractious child.

Froward reform is almost as pernicious as selfish conservatism.

Confidence restored, he became keenly alert for a chance to humble this froward Yankee.

One morning a man, whose life was embittered by a froward, shrewish wife, left his house to seek the advice of Solomon.

One asks how he may be well liked, the other how he may best manage a froward wife.