set heart against



set one's heart against something

Fig. to turn against something; to become totally against something. Jane set her heart against going to Australia. I set my heart against her departure.
See also: heart, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Malini-Indian, Hindi
EkkehardE-ke-hahrt (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Francene[fræn'si:n]
AnnaAN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
SammieSAM-eeEnglish
Madhava-Sanskrit, Hinduism