waywardness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈweɪ.wəd.nəs/us/ˈweɪ.wɚd.nəs/thequalityof beingwayward(= doing only what youwant, in a way that isdifficulttocontrol):
(尤指某人的行为)反复无常,任性,难以管束He was a man ofprofessionalbrilliancebutpersonalwaywardness.他是一个在专业上很有才华,但在个人生活方面却反复无常的人。
Denied aproperchildhoodandfamilylife, shebehaveswithincreasingwaywardness.被剥夺了适当的童年和家庭生活,她的行为越来越任性。
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- I'm notlosingmychancebecause ofyourwaywardness.
- Sheseesher owndestructivelifein her daughter's new-found waywardness.
- His waywardness might be asignofignoranceorconfusion.
Uncontrolled
- all hell breaks looseidiom
- amok
- amuck
- CI
- confidential informant
- extravagance
- intemperate
- intemperately
- liberated
- like madidiom
- madding
- run wildidiom
- runaway
- spin out of controlidiom
- spread like wildfireidiom
- squirrelly
- unruly
- wayward
- wig out
- wigged out