"obtorto collo" meaning in Italiano

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Adverbial phrase

  1. malvolentieri, perché costretto
    Sense id: it-obtorto_collo-it-adv_phrase-NDO0s9-W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: malvolentieri, controvoglia, di malanimo, di malavoglia, a malincuore, a denti stretti
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "volentieri"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locuzioni avverbiali in italiano",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinoobtorto collo cioè \"a collo torto\""
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ob",
        "tòr",
        "to - còl",
        "lo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adv_phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locuzione avverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ha detto di sì obtorto collo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "malvolentieri, perché costretto"
      ],
      "id": "it-obtorto_collo-it-adv_phrase-NDO0s9-W"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "malvolentieri"
    },
    {
      "word": "controvoglia"
    },
    {
      "word": "di malanimo"
    },
    {
      "word": "di malavoglia"
    },
    {
      "word": "a malincuore"
    },
    {
      "word": "a denti stretti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obtorto collo"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "volentieri"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Locuzioni avverbiali in italiano"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinoobtorto collo cioè \"a collo torto\""
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ob",
        "tòr",
        "to - còl",
        "lo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adv_phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locuzione avverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ha detto di sì obtorto collo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "malvolentieri, perché costretto"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "malvolentieri"
    },
    {
      "word": "controvoglia"
    },
    {
      "word": "di malanimo"
    },
    {
      "word": "di malavoglia"
    },
    {
      "word": "a malincuore"
    },
    {
      "word": "a denti stretti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obtorto collo"
}

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