against someone's will

English

Adverb

against someone's will

1. Due to being forced rather than by choice.

Translations

reluctantly, unwillingly

• Dutch: tegen heug en meug
• Finnish: vastoin (jonkun) tahtoa, vastoin tahtoaan (using possessive forms), tahtomatta (fi) (+ genitive or possessive suffix)
• French: contre son gré
• Galician: á forza
• Polish: wbrew woli

See also

• reluctantly
• unwillingly

Further reading

• “against someone's will”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “against your will” (US) / “against your will” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “against someones will”, in Collins English Dictionary.