to wish ill
1wish someone well — 1. To wish someone success or good fortune 2. To bear someone no ill will • • • Main Entry: ↑well * * * wish someone well/ill/ phrase to say that you hope good bad things will happen to someone The crowd wished …
2ill-wish|er — «IHL WIHSH uhr», noun. a person who wishes ill to another: »If he was left to his ill wishers he would be a bloody corpse ere morn (Scott) …
3wish someone ill — wish someone well/ill/ phrase to say that you hope good bad things will happen to someone The crowd wished them well as they left for their honeymoon. Thesaurus: ways of wishing someone well or illsynonym Main entry: wish …
4Ill-wisher — Ill wish er, n. One who wishes ill to another; an enemy. [1913 Webster] …
5ill will — noun uncount a strong feeling that you dislike someone and wish them harm: ANIMOSITY: I feel no ill will toward her. ─ opposite GOOD WILL …
6ill-wisher — ill′ wish′er n. a person who wishes misfortune to another • Etymology: 1600–10 …
7ill-wisher — [il′wish′ər] n. a person who wishes evil or misfortune to another …
8wish — wish1 [ wıʃ ] verb *** 1. ) transitive wish (that) to want something to happen although it is unlikely: I wish I was rich! Andy wished that he could think of a way to help. I wish Beth would stop trying to be so nice. a ) used for saying that you …
9wish — I UK [wɪʃ] / US verb Word forms wish : present tense I/you/we/they wish he/she/it wishes present participle wishing past tense wished past participle wished *** 1) a) [transitive] to want something to happen although it is unlikely wish (that): I …
10wish — wisher, n. wishless, adj. /wish/, v.t. 1. to want; desire; long for (usually fol. by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning. 2. to desire (a person or thing) to be (as specified): to wish the problem settled. 3 …
