ill will
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5.3
- noun
- /ɪl wɪl/
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- I bear you no ill will.
- generate ill will
And just to nourish your ill will, Mala Valencia, right?
- And just to nourish your ill will, Mala Valencia, right?
- You know me and Patrick, I hold no ill will to Patrick whatsoever.
- How do we wind up with ill will?
- And I don't wish you any ill will.
- You are still wishing ill will on someone, that your mind is still in it.
- We feel bad because we know that the people from Sanity Land don't mean any ill will, they just don't get it.
- And, and what, instead of that being true, what was true was that no, they're still people that harbor ill will to the constitution, to our Federal Republic.
- Not born of ill will or bad intentions, quite the opposite in fact, but mistakes nonetheless.
- I bear no ill will toward my bow or bestie.
- The good news, the good news is I think a lot of that ill will is been ring fenced to one man.
- If I didn't mean to harm someone, if I didn't mean ill will.
- It's not a place where I harbor, you know, ill will or and it can't come out right.
- When I first met, when I first met the gang, right, there was no I'll intention, no bad intention, no ill will.
- He says ill will not only never speaks, but never thinks well of the person towards whom it is exercised.
Examples
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And listen, not saying that they were together before this, but there is a lot of just ill will and bad blood there.
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I realize our association has been rather distant, and I bear you no ill will.
Fiction book (2001) -
We see other people having something good and we feel ill will towards them as a result.
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Does he still bear me ill will?
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I harbor no ill will about anything that may have happened.
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But it's hard to harbor ill will toward either in such an atmosphere.
Blog text (7) -
None of us believe that the ill will of the past should dictate the terms and direction of the future.
Academic text (2003) -
You know me and Patrick, I hold no ill will to Patrick whatsoever.
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I just want you to know I don't bear you any ill will, Mr. Leckie.
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I feel no ill will towards her despite our disagreements.
Synonyms
549
1.0
A very strong dislike that can make you want to harm someone
394
1.9
A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others
322
4.4
A feeling of wanting to hurt or annoy someone
147
4.7
Unfriendly or angry actions and feelings toward someone
57
6.1
Strong angry feeling toward a person or group
54
6.3
A wish to hurt someone or make them suffer
48
5.2
A strong feeling of hatred and disgust for someone or something
19
9.0
A strong feeling of hate toward someone or something
11
8.3
A strong feeling of dislike toward someone or something
2
7.8
A very strong feeling of hate and disgust
2
7.5
A wish to hurt or make other people suffer
1
7.4
A wish to hurt, upset, or annoy other people
Antonyms
How Hostile
Surface Forms
Morphology
ill + will
The sense 'a feeling of hostility' is directly derivable from 'ill' (bad/harmful) + 'will' (intention/disposition), so a B1 learner who knows those constituents can infer 'bad intent' or hostility. This adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'mala voluntad') and follows normal English composition patterns, making the expression transparent.
Etymology
Ill will comes from the old use of ill meaning 'bad' and will meaning 'wish', so imagine someone holding a 'bad wish' toward another person. That's why ill will means an 'unfriendly feeling' or strong dislike.