wilful
adjective
[ ˈwɪlfʊl ]
• (of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate.
• "wilful acts of damage"
Similar:
deliberate,
intentional,
intended,
done on purpose,
premeditated,
planned,
calculated,
purposeful,
conscious,
knowing,
voluntary,
volitional,
• having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences.
• "a spoiled, wilful child"
Similar:
headstrong,
self-willed,
strong-willed,
with a will of one's own,
obstinate,
stubborn,
as stubborn as a mule,
mulish,
pig-headed,
bull-headed,
refractory,
recalcitrant,
uncooperative,
intractable,
obstreperous,
contrary,
perverse,
wayward,
defiant,
disobedient,
ungovernable,
unmanageable,
rebellious,
mutinous,
insubordinate,
thrawn,
cussed,
bloody-minded,
bolshie,
balky,
froward,
contumacious,
contrarious,
renitent,
pervicacious,
Origin:
Middle English: from the noun will2 + -ful.
