"ill will" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English ill will, il wille, ill wille, equivalent to ill + will. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ill will}} Middle English ill will, {{m|enm|il wille}} il wille, {{m|enm|ill wille}} ill wille, {{af|en|ill|will}} ill + will Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ill will (uncountable)
  1. A spiteful or vengeful attitude; a grudge; dislike. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: bad blood, ill-will Derived forms: ill-willer, ill-willed, ill-willing Related terms: goodwill Translations (ill-disposed attitude): չարակամություն (čʻarakamutʻyun) (Armenian), qərəz (Azerbaijani), недоброжелатество (nedobroželatestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 惡意 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶意 (èyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 敵意 (Chinese Mandarin), 敌意 (díyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 憎惡 (Chinese Mandarin), 憎恶 (zēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), kauna (Finnish), paha tahto (Finnish), mauvaise intention (French), rosszindulat (Hungarian), បំណងអាក្រក់ (bɑmnɑɑng aakrɑk) (Khmer), malitia [feminine] (Latin), aerugo [feminine] (Latin), kaikino (Maori), Groll [masculine] (Plautdietsch), ansa [feminine] (Polish), má vontade [feminine] (Portuguese), недоброжела́тельность (nedobroželátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), вражде́бность (vraždébnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), इरस् (iras) [neuter] (Sanskrit), inquina (Spanish), illvilja [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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          "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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          "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "kauna"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "paha tahto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "mauvaise intention"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "rosszindulat"
    },
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "bɑmnɑɑng aakrɑk",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "បំណងអាក្រក់"
    },
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "word": "malitia"
    },
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aerugo"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "kaikino"
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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "word": "Groll"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "má vontade"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedobroželátelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "word": "недоброжела́тельность"
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      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "iras",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
      "word": "inquina"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ill-disposed attitude",
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}

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