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ill-wisher

[ il-wish-er ]

noun

  1. a person who wishes misfortune to another.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ill-wisher1

First recorded in 1600–10
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Example Sentences

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Pratasevich charged that the perceived ill-wisher — whom he didn’t name — had links with opposition-minded hackers who have attacked Belarusian official websites and issued bomb threats in the past.

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He charged that the perceived ill-wisher whom he didn’t name had links with opposition-minded hackers who have attacked Belarusian official websites and issued bomb threats in the past.

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Therefore, though the anonymous letter might be the work of an ill-wisher, I did not see how the other could be.

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In town to accept a testimonial resolution, Guru Maharaj Ji, the 15-year-old Indian religious leader, was struck with a shaving-cream pie hurled by a bearded ill-wisher.

Last week, his eye blazing with indignation, Pilot Post told newshawks two pounds of metal filings, emery dust and other abrasive foreign matter had been found in his engine, had ostensibly been put there by an ill-wisher.

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