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- [il wild]
- /ɪl wɪld/
- /ɪl wɪl/
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- [il wild]
- /ɪl wɪld/
Definition of ill-willed word
- noun ill-willed hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone. 1
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Origin of ill-willed
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Ill-willed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ill-willed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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