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well-wishing

well-wishing

3.7
Showing kind feelings for another person's happiness or success
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃɪŋ/
translation icon : de buenos deseos

Examples

  • You might as well wish for the Second Coming than for the hope that PTA will one day surpass him; both are equally unlikely.

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  • It's been a stressful week, but things are turning around, and Aaron and I were truly touched by the outpouring of support and well-wishes.

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  • Everyone appreciated his well-wishing messages before the big event.

  • Her well-wishing note brought a smile to my face during a tough time.

  • The team received many well-wishing cards from fans before the championship game.

Synonyms

congratulatory
vswell-wishing
14 4.1

Showing praise and happiness for someone's success or good news

focuses on wishing general success or happiness rather than giving praise
gratulatory
vswell-wishing
8.1

Showing pleasure and praise for someone's success or good news

offers general hopes for someone's success and happiness rather than celebration

Antonyms

ill will
19 5.3

A strong feeling of dislike or anger toward someone

maliciousness
2 7.5

A wish to hurt or make other people suffer

How Supportive

encouraging
73 1.9
supportive
348 2.8
well-wishing
3.7
polite
329 1.0
indifferent
46 4.4
hostile
194 4.6

Surface Forms

well-wishing positive

Morphology

well-wishing = well-wish (transparent) = well + wish + ing

Adjectival use of the present participle of 'well-wish' ('-ing') is a standard and directly inferable process: 'expressing good wishes'.

Etymology

Well-wishing comes from the parts well 'good' and wish 'a hope for someone's good', so when someone is well-wishing they show or say good wishes for another person's success or happiness.