as in hostility
an unfriendly feeling; a feeling of dislike
We bear no ill will toward each other.
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Recent Examples of ill will
Authorities say a ghost gun, silencer and writings expressing ill will were found on Mangione and link him to the crime.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Taunting, baiting, disrespecting opponents and officials, and other actions that may engender ill will between teams have no place in our game.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
Their aim was to break through any ill will the U.S. President felt toward Ukraine, and to dispel what Zelensky believed was the influence of Russian propaganda on the White House.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
But the sheer breadth of pre-release ill will it’s accumulated, across such a broad swath of the political spectrum, feels almost impressive.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Taunting, baiting, disrespecting opponents and officials, and other actions that may engender ill will between teams have no place in our game.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
Their aim was to break through any ill will the U.S. President felt toward Ukraine, and to dispel what Zelensky believed was the influence of Russian propaganda on the White House.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
But the sheer breadth of pre-release ill will it’s accumulated, across such a broad swath of the political spectrum, feels almost impressive.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill will
Noun
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Over the nearly 20 months since the hostilities began, Colin Clarke said there has been a radicalization effect in the U.S., particularly of the political left.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Opposition to the war became hostility toward our own military.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Noun
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As to the media statements, Cook could not offer adequate proof of one element ― malice ― and so could not make out a prima facie case for defamation as to the media statements.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The actress, however, bore no malice, moving to Europe until her death from a brain tumor in 2011, aged 58.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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The fear this instills in I-Jing — already ignored by her busy mother, nor attended to by her mercurial older sister, I-Ann, who holds a grudge against her mother and rebels by working at a shady betel nut stand — sets off a secrets-unearthing chain of events.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
14 May 2025
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Was Disney actually complicit in Ryan using shareholder revenues to further a personal grudge?—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 May 2025
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Currently there are no comprehensive animal cruelty laws in China, which experts say has created a culture of impunity among cat torturers.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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That's why the spectacular cruelty with which the cuts were carried out tanked Musk's personal brand and triggered Trump's inexorable decline in approval.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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“Ill will.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill%20will. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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