Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

illwisher en · NOUN

Etymology

From ill + wisher.

Meanings

  1. One who wishes somebody ill.
    • Minor accidents had convinced the correspondent that the witch's spell was working on her and she demanded a counter-spell from Simpkins against the ill-wisher. 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 69:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
illwishers Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

well-wisher · wellwisher

Translations (3)

fi pahantahtoinen ihminen (one who wishes somebody ill) · ru недоброжела́тель (one who wishes somebody ill) · ru недоброжела́тельница (one who wishes somebody ill)