wish someone ill

verb

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

Opposite
wish someone well
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Meanings

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

present singular third person wishes someone ill · participle present wishing someone ill · participle past wished someone ill · past wished someone ill

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
wish someone well
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wish someone ill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wish%20someone%20ill

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“wish someone ill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wish%20someone%20ill. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wish someone ill,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wish%20someone%20ill.

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