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PRONUNCIATION OF FROWARDNESS

frowardness  [ˈfrəʊədnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FROWARDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Frowardness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FROWARDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of frowardness in the English dictionary

The definition of frowardness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being obstinate or contrary.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FROWARDNESS


bewilderedness
bɪˈwɪldədnəs
cankeredness
ˈkæŋkədnəs
centeredness
ˈsɛntədnəs
diseasedness
dɪˈziːzədnəs
disguisedness
dɪsˈɡaɪzədnəs
disorderedness
dɪsˈɔːdədnəs
downwardness
ˈdaʊnwədnəs
estrangedness
ɪˈstreɪndʒədnəs
favoredness
ˈfeɪvədnəs
haggardness
ˈhæɡədnəs
inwardness
ˈɪnwədnəs
laggardness
ˈlæɡədnəs
measuredness
ˈmeʒədnəs
retiredness
rɪˈtaɪədnəs
searedness
ˈsɪədnəs
self-assuredness
ˌselfəˈʃʊədnəs
self-centeredness
ˌsɛlfˈsɛntədnəs
self-centredness
ˌsɛlfˈsɛntədnəs
sluggardness
ˈslʌɡədnəs
upwardness
ˈʌpwədnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FROWARDNESS

frow
froward
frowardly
frown
frowner
frowning
frowningly
frowsier
frowsiest
frowsiness
frowst
frowster
frowstier
frowstiest
frowstiness
frowsty
frowsy
frowzier
frowziest
frowzily

WORDS THAT END LIKE FROWARDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of frowardness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «frowardness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FROWARDNESS

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Translator English - Chinese

乖僻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perversidades
570 millions of speakers

English

frowardness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

frowardness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

frowardness
280 millions of speakers

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коварство
278 millions of speakers

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perversidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

frowardness
260 millions of speakers

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perversité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebodohan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

frowardness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

frowardness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

frowardness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Frowardness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

frowardness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாறுபாடுகளில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असभ्यपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

frowardness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frowardness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

frowardness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підступність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capriciile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

frowardness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

valse streke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frowardness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frowardness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frowardness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FROWARDNESS»

The term «frowardness» is regularly used and occupies the 71.330 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FROWARDNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frowardness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FROWARDNESS»

Discover the use of frowardness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to frowardness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. ...
FROWARDNESS OF HEART AND PER- VERSENES8 OF SPEECH. " He that hath a froward heart nndeth no good ; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief." — Prov. xvii. 20. These words present to us three bad characters.
David Thomas, 1868
2
The Saints Happinesse
... labour for meekness, and kindneis, that the Spirit of God may delight in you, for that's very suitable to the Spirit of God, that is a Dove. I con fess I had some thoughts to Ipeakof the vaine pleas that many have for their passion and frowardness, ...
Jeremiah Burroughs, William Greenhill, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress), 1660
3
Where Do the Souls of Roses Go?
'Frowardness' is an ancient word Non Bible readers Have seldom Heard. But it has great importance For Those, who offending God Deplore! It means 'obstinate' , 'willful', And even worse! 'Intractable' And oft 'perverse'! It's dangerous, subtle ...
Florence Marlatt, Judith Stuart Vander Poel, 2004
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The Tayloring Shop: Essays on the Poetry of Edward Taylor in ...
Taylor at this point has provided such details about the original three ranks of soul — the proud, the distracted, and the excessively humble — that categories based on the manner of their conversion can begin to emerge in "The Frowardness ...
Michael Joseph Schuldiner, 1997
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The works of the Rev. William Bridge, M.A.: now first collected
In the time of affliction, a man is very apt to be froward, and impatient, to break out into frowardness and impatiency, ... of affliction, when you took them for good natured people before, and thought there was no such frowardness in them, SER .
William Bridge, 1845
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The Elements of Christian Science: A Treatise Upon Moral ...
Frowardness," or " Self-will," — all these express more or less the same thing ; but more fully do I think that this word " Uncon- trolledness," expresses that quality in the "Heart," which is the cause of "rebelliousness," and " self-will," and ...
William Adams, 1850
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The footsteps of Christ, tr. by A.E. Rodham, ed. by C.H.H. ...
Out of this abyss of the frowardness of our heart there daily and hourly arise self- righteous thoughts and wishes, prayers full of pretensions, and sighs full of deceit , which desire to extort something from God, and which are to move Him.
Andreas Juergen C. Caspers, Charles Henry H. Wright, 1871
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A glossary of the obsolete and unusual words and phrases of ...
FROWARDLY. FROWARDNESS. Perverse. ungovernable, stubborn, morose. Deut. xxxii. 20; Prov. ii. 14; Isai. lvii. 17; &c. “ God's goodness and our unthankfulness, his gifts and our abusing of them, his patience and our continual frowardness.
J. JAMESON (of Exeter?.), 1850
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The Works: Now First Collected
In the time of affliction, a man is very apt to be froward, and impatient, to break out into frowardness and impatiency, ... of afiiction, when you took them for good natured people before, and thought there was no such frowardness in them, SER .
William Bridge, 1845
10
The Life and Times of William Laud lord archbishop of Canterbury
I speak no more than what I have heard from themselves, whilst I have observed their frowardness to offer double according to an act of Parliament, so providing, yea, to profess, that they would depart with the half of their goods. And how or ...
John PARKER LAWSON, 1829

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FROWARDNESS»

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The Conversation by David Brooks Source: Supplied
How do humans manage, despite all our frowardness and friction, to relate? They are good questions of course. The kind of uncertainties we ... «The Australian, Nov 12»
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The Perniciously Persistent Myths of Hypatia and the Great Library
... as well as brilliant), not only because of her wicked dedication to profane intellectual culture, but also because of the frowardness with which ... «First Things, Jun 10»

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