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- [il fee-ling]
- /ɪl ˈfi lɪŋ/
- /ɪl ˈfiːlɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [il fee-ling]
- /ɪl ˈfi lɪŋ/
Definitions of ill feeling words
- noun ill feeling animosity or resentment felt toward another. 1
- noun ill feeling hostile feeling; animosity 0
- noun ill feeling a hostile feeling; animosity 0
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Parts of speech for Ill feeling
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preposition
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exclamation
ill feeling popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
ill feeling usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ill feeling
noun ill feeling
- discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- disunity — lack of unity or accord.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
Antonyms for ill feeling
noun ill feeling
- concurrence — Someone's concurrence is their agreement to something.
- accord — An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
- juncture — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- friendship — the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person's friendship.
- acquiescence — Acquiescence is agreement to do what someone wants, or acceptance of what they do even though you do not agree with it.
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