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well-wishing

well-wishing

1 3.4
Kind words and actions that show someone wants another person to be happy or successful
  • noun
  • /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃɪŋ/
translation icon : buenos deseos
  • Many people are keeping in touch and expressing their well wishes through a special Facebook page.

Examples

  • I mean, I don't ever want to get to the point where I take people's sincere well wishes, you know, casually.

  • I send you the warmest of well wishes that it will go well for you, just wait and see.

    Blog text (5)

  • And also, you know, from that last time, you got a lot of great well wishes from from fans, right?

  • Thanks for the well wishes.

    Blog text (5)

  • And with it comes all the well-wishing:

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Many were struck by the news of his death, tweeting well wishes on their iPhones, whose creation they owe at least in part to Jobs.

    Blog text (17)

  • Thanks for the well wishes; things turned out great with the weather being agreeable and the decorations (many of which I vetted via AskMe in some way, shape, or form), and things worked out great.

    Blog text (13)

  • A typical day starts off with a deluge of greetings and well wishes—the woman sweeping on the 300 block of East Phil Ellena Street.

    Blog text (5)

  • Thank you so much to all you MeFites who worked for the campaign—or worked for any campaign, for that matter—and thank you to all the foreign MeFites for joining us in excitement and for your well-wishes.

    Blog text (13)

  • At her birthday party, everyone sent their well-wishing messages to make her feel special.

Synonyms

best wishes
vswell-wishing
34 1.0

A warm message wishing someone happiness and success

is broader covering general supportive expressions not only future hopes
good will
vswell-wishing
11 1.9

A friendly, helpful feeling toward other people

is an expressed act of support aimed at someone's success or happiness
felicitation
vswell-wishing
  • Formal
1 8.3

Words or actions showing congratulations to someone on a special occasion

is used more generally not limited to celebratory occasions

Antonyms

malice
54 6.3

A wish to hurt someone or make them suffer

ill will
19 5.3

A strong feeling of dislike or anger toward someone

How Supportive

encouragement
89 1.7
praise
161 1.0
well-wishing
1 3.4
indifference
71 4.6
criticism
512 3.0

Surface Forms

well-wishing singular
well-wishings plural

Morphology

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

Formed from the compound 'well-wish' with the participial '-ing' indicating the act or expression of wishing well, which is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Well-wishing comes from the simple parts well 'good' and wish 'a hope for someone's good'. So well-wishing is the act of sending or saying good wishes for someone's success or happiness.