It's wilful ignorance, if you ask me.
Source: tatoeba (10522547)
Wilful
//ˈwɪlfʊl//
Synonyms for "wilful" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (11)
Adjective(10 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (18)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
11 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriestroponym
2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- преднамерен adj (intentional)
- своенравен adj (stubborn)
- умишлен adj (intentional)
Finnish
4 entries- harkittu adj (intentional)
- itsepintainen adj (stubborn)
- itsepäinen adj (stubborn)
- joustamaton adj (stubborn)
Galician
4 entries- intencionado adj (intentional)
- intencional adj (intentional)
- obstinado adj (stubborn)
- persistente adj (stubborn)
German
4 entries- absichtlich adj (intentional)
- eigensinnig adj (stubborn)
- eigenwillig adj (stubborn)
- vorsätzlich adj (intentional)
Hungarian
4 entries- akaratos adj (stubborn)
- makacs adj (stubborn)
- szándékos adj (intentional)
- önfejű adj (stubborn)
Irish
1 entries- ceanntréan adj (stubborn)
Māori
2 entries- pokerenoa adj (stubborn)
- whakangutungutu adj (stubborn)
Portuguese
4 entries- intencional adj (intentional)
- obstinado adj (stubborn)
- persistente adj (stubborn)
- voluntarioso adj (stubborn)
Romanian
4 entries- deliberat adj (intentional)
- intenționat adj (intentional)
- voit adj (intentional)
- încăpățânat adj (stubborn)
Russian
1 entries- упрямый adj (stubborn)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
His wilful ignorance was more than she could stand.
Source: tatoeba (11280801)
She's always been a wilful child, refusing rules.
Source: tatoeba (12713403)
That was a wilful decision, not an accident.
Source: tatoeba (12713405)
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