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View synonyms for ill will

ill will

noun

  1. hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity:

    to harbor ill will against someone.

    Synonyms: unfriendliness, antipathy, animosity, hostility, hatred

    Antonyms: benevolence



ill will

noun

  1. hostile feeling; enmity; antagonism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • ill-willed [il, -, wild], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill will1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
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Example Sentences

The Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.

This statement does not cover suffering caused to the wrong-doer by natural acts of mine which do not proceed from ill-will.

It may not, therefore, hurt the person of any wrong-doer, or bear any ill-will to him and so cause him mental suffering.

Their avoidance of each other arose, perhaps, from a sort of instinct which was certainly no matter of ill-will.

However, I will make use of his council, and take some course to prevent having the single ill-will of the office.

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