ill-will

  • 71will — I n. desire 1) to impose one s will (on) 2) to implement the will (of the majority) 3) the will to + inf. (the will to survive) 4) (misc.) a clash of (strong) wills; against smb. s will; with a will (to work with the will to succeed) attitude 5)… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 72ill — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people). 2 (of health) unsound, disordered. 3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck). 4 harmful (ill… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 73ill-nature — Synonyms and related words: anger, asperity, bad blood, bad humor, bad temper, bad will, bile, biliousness, blighting glance, causticity, choler, corrosiveness, discontent, evil disposition, evil eye, gall, ill humor, ill temper, ill will, ill… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 74will — will1 W1S1 [wıl] modal v negative short form won t ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(future)¦ 2¦(willing to do something)¦ 3¦(requesting)¦ 4¦(what generally happens)¦ 5¦(possibility)¦ 6¦(belief)¦ 7¦(giving orders)¦ 8¦(offering/inviting)¦ 9¦(annoyin …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 75ill willed — adjective Of or pertaining to ill will. His ill willed interference was not appreciated by the other members …

    Wiktionary

  • 76ill — [12] ‘Sick’ is not the original meaning of ill. To start with it meant ‘bad’ (a sense which survives, of course, in contexts such as ‘ill will’, ‘illmannered’, etc), and ‘sick’ did not come on the scene until the 15th century. The word was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 77ill-nature — n. 1. Malevolence, unkindness, hatred, enmity, ill will. 2. Moroseness, sullenness, sourness, acerbity, acrimoniousness, bitterness, ill temper, bad temper …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 78ill — [12] ‘Sick’ is not the original meaning of ill. To start with it meant ‘bad’ (a sense which survives, of course, in contexts such as ‘ill will’, ‘illmannered’, etc), and ‘sick’ did not come on the scene until the 15th century. The word was… …

    Word origins

  • 79ill-feeling — n ill will, bad blood, bitterness, grudge, hard feelings, resentment, sourness, spite, malice, hostility, enmity, animosity, antagonism, dissatisfaction, frustration, offence, anger, indignation, wrath, disgruntlement, dudgeon FORMAL animus,… …

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  • 80ill-willie — ˈ ̷ ̷|wili adjective Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect), from ill will + ie chiefly Scotland : having an unfriendly disposition …

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