against someone's will

adverb

Due to being forced rather than by choice.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverb
  1. Due to being forced rather than by choice.

Translations

Dutch tegen heug en meug
  • tegen heug en meugreluctantly, unwillingly
Finnish vastoin tahtoa (jonkun)
  • vastoin tahtoa (jonkun)reluctantly, unwillingly
French contre son gré
  • contre son gréreluctantly, unwillingly
Polish wbrew woli
  • wbrew wolireluctantly, unwillingly
Spanish en contra de su voluntad, contra su albedrío
  • en contra de su voluntadreluctantly, unwillingly
  • contra su albedríoreluctantly, unwillingly
Cite this entry
APA

against someone's will. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/against%20someone's%20will

MLA

“against someone's will.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/against%20someone's%20will. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “against someone's will,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/against%20someone's%20will.

Source: against someone's will on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.