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wish someone ill

wish someone ill verb: to hope for bad things for someone or express this view.

Verb

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

  1. To hope for bad things for someone or express this view.

Antonyms of wish someone ill

Forms of wish someone ill

third-person singular presentwishes someone ill
present participlewishing someone ill
past participlewished someone ill
pastwished someone ill

Questions about wish someone ill

What does wish someone ill mean?
Wish someone ill means to hope for bad things for someone or express this view.
What part of speech is wish someone ill?
Wish someone ill is a verb.
What is the past tense of wish someone ill?
The past tense of wish someone ill is wished someone ill.

Words near wish someone ill in the dictionary

  1. wish lists
  2. wish on a star
  3. wish one joy of it
  4. wish sandwich
  5. wish sandwiches
  6. wish someone ill
  7. wish someone well
  8. wish upon a star
  9. wish well
  10. wish you well
  11. wish'd

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