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For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.
Richard Rolle

Meaning of "willful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WILLFUL

willful  [ˈwɪlfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WILLFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Willful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WILLFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Willful

Willful may refer to: ▪ Willful blindness, intentionally putting oneself in a position where oneself will be unaware of facts that would render oneself liable ▪ Willful damage, vandalism ▪ Willful violation...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WILLFUL


baleful
ˈbeɪlfʊl
bowlful
ˈbəʊlfʊl
doleful
ˈdəʊlfʊl
guileful
ˈɡaɪlfʊl
pailful
ˈpeɪlfʊl
shovelful
ˈʃʌvlfʊl
skilful
ˈskɪlfʊl
skillful
ˈskɪlfʊl
smileful
ˈsmaɪlfʊl
soulful
ˈsəʊlfʊl
spoilful
ˈspɔɪlfʊl
taleful
ˈteɪlfʊl
toilful
ˈtɔɪlfʊl
unskilful
ʌnˈskɪlfʊl
unskillful
ʌnˈskɪlfʊl
unwilful
ʌnˈwɪlfʊl
vialful
ˈvaɪlfʊl
wailful
ˈweɪlfʊl
wileful
ˈwaɪlfʊl
wilful
ˈwɪlfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WILLFUL

will
will do
will-o-the-wispish
will-o-the-wispy
will-o´-the-wisp
willable
willed
Willem-Alexander
willemite
Willemstad
willer
willet
willfully
willfulness

WORDS THAT END LIKE WILLFUL

awful
barrelful
beautiful
careful
colorful
delightful
grateful
helpful
hopeful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
powerful
satchelful
shellful
spellful
successful
useful
wonderful
zealful

Synonyms and antonyms of willful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WILLFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «willful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of willful

Translation of «willful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WILLFUL

Find out the translation of willful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of willful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «willful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

任性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intencional
570 millions of speakers

English

willful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जानबूझकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

умышленное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intencional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বেচ্ছাচারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

délibéré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sengaja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorsätzlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

故意の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고의적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sengaja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ương ngạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேண்டுமென்றே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेतुपुरस्सर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kasıtlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caparbio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umyślne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

умисне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intenționat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηθελημένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opsetlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avsiktlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forsettlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of willful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLFUL»

The term «willful» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.030 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WILLFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «willful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «willful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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9 QUOTES WITH «WILLFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word willful.
1
John Cornyn
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.
2
Pete Hegseth
Political correctness is a poison to our security and defenses. It imposes a willful blindness, both at the macro level when unwilling to engage with radical Islamism or whatever you want to call it - if you're not willing to call it what it is - and at the micro level, at the street level.
3
Ashley Judd
You don't stay married for 35 years by accident. I think that that's willful and intentional and something that both people really want.
4
Michelle Malkin
Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.
5
Johnny Marr
I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.
6
Samantha Power
The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen.
7
Richard Rolle
For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.
8
Charles Taze Russell
To me it seems as plain as can be that the Bible declares that all the wicked will God destroy; again, that those who, during the Millennial age when brought to a knowledge of the truth, shall prove willful sinners will be punished with everlasting destruction.
9
Woodrow Wilson
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILLFUL»

Discover the use of willful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to willful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nadia the Willful
When her favorite brother disappears in the desert forever, Nadia refuses to let him be forgotten, despite her father's bitter decree that his name shall not be uttered.
Sue Alexander, 1983
2
Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious
The guilty verdict sent shivers down the spine of the corporate world. In this book, distinguished business woman and writer, Margaret Heffernan, examines the phenomenon of wilful blindness.
Margaret Heffernan, 2011
3
Willful Creatures
This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a family of pumpkin heads embrace their ironhead son and potato-children dotingly follow their mother around as she completes her daily chores.
Aimee Bender, 2013
4
Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad
Long before the devastation of September 11, 2001, the war on terror raged.
Andrew C. McCarthy, 2013
5
A Willful Child
Leatha Kendrick, author of Second Opinion This gripping story speaks for many Appalachian women and children who broke away from mountain culture to live a life of promise and success and never forgot their mountain heritage.
Janet Steele Holloway, 2012
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Willful Injustice: A Post-O.J. Look at Rodney King, American ...
Deitz offers a scathing indictment of how the federal government was able to obtain convictions of Sgt.
Robert Deitz, 1996
7
The Willful Widow
When London's most handsome and charming rake, Lord Justin St. Clair, tries to seduce her, Lady Diana Hatherill cannot understand why. Original.
Evelyn Richardson, 1994
8
Willful Neglect: The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security
The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security Charles S. Faddis. chose to opt out . He committed suicide on July 27, 2008, by taking an overdose of a common painkiller. There has been a lot of controversy about the FBI's case against Ivins.
Charles S. Faddis, 2010
9
Willful Acts
Willful Acts is an expanded and updated collection of Margaret Hollingsworth’s best-known and most popular plays, including The Apple in the Eye, Everloving, Diving, Islands, and War Babies (nominated for a Governor General’s Award); ...
Margaret Hollingsworth, 1998
10
A Willful Marriage (Mills & Boon Vintage Desire)
Peggy Moreland. Dear Reader, Established stars and exciting new names...that's what's in store for you this month from Silhouette Desire. Let's begin with Cait London's MAN OF THE MONTH, Tallchief sBride—it's also the latest inher ...
Peggy Moreland, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WILLFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term willful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Katy construction company to receive maximum penalty from OSHA
Because OSHA saw the violations as willful, Cotton was issued the maximum penalty of $70,000, which is part of $362,500 in fines for seven safety violations ... «Houston Business Journal, Jul 15»
2
Ottumwa Man Arrested, Charged with Kidnapping and Willful Injury
OTTUMWA, Iowa – Police say a man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and willful injury. On June 12, the Ottumwa Police Department received a ... «whotv.com, Jun 15»
3
The Attack on Truth
There is simple ignorance and there is willful ignorance, which is simple ignorance coupled with the decision to remain ignorant. Normally that occurs when ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun 15»
4
IRS Says If You're Willful, FBAR Penalties Hit 100%, $10000 If You …
What's an FBAR? Now called FinCEN Form 114, an FBAR is a non-U.S. bank account report. If you have non-U.S. bank accounts that aggregate over $10,000 at ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
5
Oakland ends suspensions for willful defiance, funds restorative justice
The Oakland Unified school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to eliminate willful defiance as a reason to suspend any student and to invest at least ... «EdSource, May 15»
6
Grooveshark copyright violations 'willful,' judge says before trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online music streaming service Grooveshark could potentially have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to major record labels after a ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
7
Former intelligence official: Obama's Middle East policy is 'willful
The former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency on Sunday described President Obama's Middle East policy as one of "willful ignorance," saying the ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
8
IRS Clarifies Requirements for Establishing Non-Willful Conduct in …
This program allows taxpayers who have previously (and non-willfully) failed to file or pay tax on foreign financial assets to come into compliance without the ... «The National Law Review, Feb 15»
9
Halo v. Pulse – Progress on Willful Infringement Law at Risk?
In the years leading up to the passage of the AIA, some of the most critical and hotly debated issues across industries involved injunctions, damages, and willful ... «IPWatchdog.com, Jan 15»
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No Willful Infringement Since Infringer's Litigation Arguments were …
A jury sided with the patentee awarded $70 million in lost profits and also found that the infringement willful. Taking that verdict, the district court then awarded ... «Patently-O, Dec 14»

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