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Ill will   /ɪl wɪl/   Listen
Ill will

noun
1.
The feeling of a hostile person.  Synonyms: enmity, hostility.
2.
A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition.  Synonym: hostility.






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"Ill will" Quotes from Famous Books



... and ought to restrain themselves and act more mildly towards the Algonquins, their friends. I told them that, since they had promised to submit every thing to arbitration, I entreated them to forget all that had passed between them and never to think of it again, nor bear any hatred or ill will on account of it to each other, but to live good friends as before, by doing which they would constrain us to love them and assist them as I had done in the past. But in case they should not be pleased with my advice, I requested them to come, in as large numbers ...
— Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3 • Samuel de Champlain

... of his own power, and no doubt as a means of avoiding publicity, he thought that the affair had gone to a point where he might appear magnanimous. "'I do not hold any ill will toward you,' he continued, 'it is as a friend that I speak. You are suffering from a sensitive conscience, which is out of place ...
— The Transgressors - Story of a Great Sin • Francis A. Adams

... you me; I'll point him out;—a Maiden is his guide, Lovely as Spring's first rose; a little dog, Tied by a woollen cord, moves on before With look as sad as he were dumb; the cur, I owe him no ill will, but in good sooth ...
— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Volume 1 of 8 • Edited by William Knight

... truth,' said Mr Slope, with a look of sorrow, as though he greatly bewailed the want of charity in his patron, 'the bishop fancies he has cause of anger against your father. I fear an interview would lead to further ill will.' ...
— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

... poor woman; "I had forgot what an ill will ye had aye at the Paip, and sae had my puir gudeman, Stephen Butler. Mony an afternoon he wad sit and take up his testimony again the Paip, and again baptizing of ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott



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