à contrecœur

Meaning

Adverb

Origin

  • Borrowed from French à contrecœur, à contre-cœur, from Old French avoir a contrecuer, avoir contrecœur, from à + contre-cœur (contre + cœur); compare Old French estre contre coer a ("to be adverse to").

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