ill-wisher

ill-wish·er

I i

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [il wish]
- /ɪl wɪʃ/
- /ɪl wɪʃə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [il wish]
- /ɪl wɪʃ/

Definitions of ill-wisher word

noun ill-wisher a person who wishes misfortune to another. 1
noun ill-wisher a person who wishes evil or misfortune to another 0
noun ill-wisher Someone who extends bad wishes, or expresses scorn or spite to someone else. 0

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Origin of ill-wisher

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Ill-wisher

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Ill-wisher

ill-wisher popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% 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.