English noun: ill will |
1. | ill will (feeling) the feeling of a hostile person |
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| Samples | He could no longer contain his hostility.
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| Synonyms | enmity, hostility |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hate, hatred |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad blood, belligerence, belligerency, bitterness, class feeling, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment |
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2. | ill will (attribute) a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition |
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| Samples | He could not conceal his hostility.
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| Synonyms | hostility |
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| Broader (hypernym) | unfriendliness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | virulence, virulency |
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