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illwisher

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From ill + wisher.

noun illwishers

  1. One who wishes somebody ill. Minor accidents had convinced the correspondent that the witch's spell was working on her and she demanded a counter-spell from Simpkins against the ill-wisher.

Opposite: wellwisher, well-wisher

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noun

Opposite: wellwisher, well-wisher

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noun one who wishes somebody ill

Русскийнедоброжела́тель nedobroželátelʹ, недоброжела́тельница nedobroželátelʹnica

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@misc{illwisher_2026,
  title = {illwisher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/illwisher},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}