in spite of one's teeth

adverb

Roget 708: against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes.    against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth.    in spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart^†; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth.    though etc. 30; even; quand meme [Fr.]; per contra.    ... show more

Roget 603: unwillingly etc. adj.; grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad, with an ill grace; against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain; invita Minerva [Lat.]; a contre caeur [Fr.]; malgre soi [Fr.]; in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself; nolens volens etc. (necessity) 601 [Lat.]; perforce etc. 744; under protest; no etc. 536; not for the world, far be it from me.    ... show more

Roget 744: by force etc. n., by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis [Lat.], under the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm.    under protest, in spite of one's teeth; against one's will etc. 603; nolens volens [Lat.] etc. (of necessity) 601; by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather; under press of; de rigueur.    with a gun to one's head.    ... show more

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