Vocabulary
Wayward
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour.
Urdu meaning
ضدی، خود پسند، خود رائے
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Sometimes wayward public remarks alone can torpedo painstaking backchannel peace efforts.
Dawn Editorials —
Pathways to peace
— 2026-04-27
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Meanwhile, the silence of the US Congress is disturbing, as American lawmakers have made no practical attempt to control their wayward executive.
Dawn Editorials —
Iran endgame
— 2026-03-03
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A boy interested in marrying her daughter Javeria cannot persuade his parents because her father is a wayward man without job or reputation.Millions of women in Pakistan confrontsuch choices.
Dawn Editorials —
When divorce is best
— 2026-02-14
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In fact, there are stories about more than one wayward priest with multiple allegations against him, as the victims pursued cases for financial compensation.
Dawn Editorials —
Just a film
— 2025-07-08
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Otherwise, this wayward person will know no bounds in his evil intent to humiliate Muslims and expose their degradation, impotence and failure as a community.
Dawn Editorials —
Trump`s colonial genocide
— 2025-02-07
Synonyms
wilful, self-willed, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, perverse, contrary,
Antonyms
well behaved, docile
Curator example
“a wayward adolescent”
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