willed

adjective

ˈwild 

1

: having a will especially of a specified kind

—usually used in combination

strong-willed

2

: deliberate

Synonyms

• conscious
• deliberate
• intended
• intentional
• knowing
• purposeful
• purposive
• set
• voluntary
• willful
• wilful
• witting

Examples of willed in a Sentence

a hard-nosed industrialist with a willed indifference to public opinion

Recent Examples on the Web

Even more than his strong, octave-surfing Ontario accent, his willed congeniality—a mix of natural reserve and a morbid aversion to pretense—spoke to something in my bones. —Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023

Read: The changing sound of male rage in rock music Underscoring his willed isolation is the fact that Fight Club intentionally seems to take place nowhere. —Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024

And that raucous crowed willed Belgium to a first-quarter spark that included seven points from guard Julie Vanloo. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024

And there are those who may view Coppola’s insistence that the Garden of Eden can be dialectically willed into existence as naive. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing willed

• self-willed
• strong-willed

Kids Definition

willed

adjective

ˈwild 

: having a will especially of a certain kind

strong-willed