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ill-wish

ill-wish verb: to wish evil upon; to curse.

Verb

ill-wish (third-person singular simple present ill-wishes, present participle ill-wishing, simple past and past participle ill-wished)

  1. To wish evil upon; to curse.
    Antonyms:
    well-wish

Antonyms of ill-wish

Forms of ill-wish

third-person singular presentill-wishes
present participleill-wishing
past participleill-wished
pastill-wished

Questions about ill-wish

What does ill-wish mean?
Ill-wish means to wish evil upon; to curse.
What part of speech is ill-wish?
Ill-wish is a verb.
What is the past tense of ill-wish?
The past tense of ill-wish is ill-wished.

Words near ill-wish in the dictionary

  1. ill-will
  2. ill-willed
  3. ill-willer
  4. ill-willers
  5. ill-willing
  6. ill-wish
  7. ill-wished
  8. ill-wisher
  9. ill-wishers
  10. ill-wishes
  11. ill-wishing

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