froward

• Methinks he wakes out of his long sleep like a froward child, that wrangles and fights with all that comes near it. —  The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54
• I am sorry to hear that he grows every day more froward, and with such a kind of morosity, that doth either argue a great discontent in mind, or a distemper of humours in his body. —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity. —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I
• "He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the purposes of the froward are carried headlong While Paul remained a Pharisee he was the idol of his nation; but no sooner did he become a Christian, than their love was turned to hatred. —  Sermons on Various Important Subjects
• And, truth to say, the poem in question is more injurious to the memory of Byron than it could be painful to him who is the subject of it; but I hope that it may never be published, and I think no one who had delicacy or feeling would bring it to light Byron read this lampoon to us one day at Genoa, and enjoyed our dismay at it like a froward boy who has achieved what he considers some mischievous prank. —  The Idler in France

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