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Search phrase: wilful

Plays

 14 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.307wilful abuse, and then I know how to handle you.wilfull abuse, and then I know how to handle you.
Henry VH5 II.i.35see wilful adultery and murder committed.see wilful adultery and murther committed.
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.142To wilful disobedience, and rebel!To wilfull Disobedience, and Rebell?
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.v.31Peace, wilful boy, or I will charm your tongue.Peace wilfull Boy, or I will charme your tongue.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.ii.35As wilful stubbornness hath made perverse.As wilfull stubbornnes hath made peruerse.
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.71No wilful disobedience, mighty lord,No wilfull disobedience mightie Lord,
King LearKL II.iv.297.2O sir, to wilful menO Sir, to wilfull men,
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.90And do a wilful stillness entertainAnd do a wilfull stilnesse entertaine,
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.146I owe you much, and like a wilful youth,I owe you much, and like a wilfull youth,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.ii.39secure and wilful Actaeon; and to these violentsecure and wilfull Acteon, and to these violent
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.205No remedy, my lord, when walls are so wilfulNo remedie my Lord, when Wals are so wilfull,
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.28And asked the Mayor what meant this wilful silence.And ask'd the Maior, what meant this wilfull silence?
Romeo and JulietRJ I.v.89Patience perforce with wilful choler meetingPatience perforce, with wilfull choler meeting,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iv.8But even with law against the wilful sonsBut euen with law against the willfull Sonnes

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.417 And in his will his wilful eye he tired. And in his will his wilfull eye he tyred.
SonnetsSonn.40.8 By wilful taste of what thyself refusest. By wilfull taste of what thy selfe refusest.
SonnetsSonn.51.13 Since from thee going he went wilful slow, Since from thee going, he went wilfull slow,
Venus and AdonisVen.365 This beauteous combat, wilful and unwilling, This beautious combat wilfull, and vnwilling,

Glossary

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frowardperverse, obstinate, wilful, ungovernable
wantonwilful creature, obstinate individual
waywarderobstinate, wilful, self-willed [person]
wilfulwilfully, deliberately
wilful-blamewilfully blameworthy, at fault for being too obstinate
wilful-negligentdeliberately negligent, at fault for being too negligent
wilful-oppositestubbornly hostile, at fault for being too antagonistic

Thesaurus

 3 result(s).
wilfulwaywarder
wilfulfroward
wilful creaturewanton

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology... actaeon mw iii ii 39 a secure and wilful actaeon hunter who encountered artemi...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WILFULBASICwilful adj, wlfully adv, wilfulness n
WILFULSTATEwilful-blame adj, wilful-negligent adj, wilful-opposite adj

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