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ill will
noun
- hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity:
to harbor ill will against someone.
Synonyms: unfriendliness, antipathy, animosity, hostility, hatred
Antonyms: benevolence
ill will
noun
- hostile feeling; enmity; antagonism
Other Words From
- ill-willed [il, -, wild], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of ill will1
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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