"headstrong" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-headstrong.ogg Forms: more headstrong [comparative], most headstrong [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English heedstrong, equivalent to head + strong. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heedstrong}} Middle English heedstrong, {{compound|en|head|strong}} head + strong Head templates: {{en-adj}} headstrong (comparative more headstrong, superlative most headstrong)
  1. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: headstrongly, headstrongness Translations (determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want): үҙһүҙле (üźhüźle) (Bashkir), еңмеш (yeñmeş) (Bashkir), ныҡышмал (nıqışmal) (Bashkir), своеволен (svoevolen) (Bulgarian), вироглав (viroglav) (Bulgarian), tossut (Catalan), cabut (Catalan), 任性 (rènxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), odhodlaný (Czech), tvrdohlavý (Czech), sisukas (Finnish), päättäväinen (Finnish), obstiné (French), eigensinnig (German), ισχυρογνώμων (ischyrognómon) (Greek), हठी (haṭhī) (Hindi), nyakas (Hungarian), konok (Hungarian), makacs (Hungarian), ceanntréan (Irish), ceanndána (Irish), determinato (Italian), matauaua (Maori), upoko mārō (Maori), taringa pākura (Maori), egenrådig (Norwegian Bokmål), baulstierich (Plautdietsch), obstinado (Portuguese), încăpățânat (Romanian), своенравный (svojenravnyj) (Russian), díscolo (Spanish), desconsiderado (Spanish), egensinnig (Swedish), dik başlı (Turkish), dik kafalı (Turkish)
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svojenravnyj",
      "sense": "determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want",
      "word": "своенравный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want",
      "word": "díscolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want",
      "word": "desconsiderado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want",
      "word": "egensinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want",
      "word": "dik başlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want",
      "word": "dik kafalı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "headstrong"
}

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