Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ill-wishing.

Examples

  • I like this because it isn't ill-wishing, and it's too specific to be a euphemism for "go to hell."

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway the_overqual 2010

  • I like this because it isn't ill-wishing, and it's too specific to be a euphemism for "go to hell."

    mrissa: fake swears mrissa 2010

  • I do not pray against a live birth for that would be ill-wishing, and also the sin of envy; but my lack of enthusiasm in the prayers will be understood, I am sure, by Our Lady, who is Queen of Heaven and will understand all about inheritance and how difficult it is to be an heir to the throne but a girl.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • OK for a first one but a bit paltry on the invective and ill-wishing.

    My First 'Hate' Email: A 'Chiropractic Doctor' Writes Jack of Kent 2009

  • I do not pray against a live birth for that would be ill-wishing, and also the sin of envy; but my lack of enthusiasm in the prayers will be understood, I am sure, by Our Lady, who is Queen of Heaven and will understand all about inheritance and how difficult it is to be an heir to the throne but a girl.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • Maybe demi-literate, ill-wishing emails are written in vingunlo?

    My First 'Hate' Email: A 'Chiropractic Doctor' Writes Jack of Kent 2009

  • Last week, several commentators roundly condemned Cheney's most recent remarks as a macabre exercise in domestic fear mongering, a not-so-subtle ill-wishing for calamity to be visited upon the body politic.

    John Seery: Cheney: Chief of Churls 2009

  • I do not pray against a live birth for that would be ill-wishing, and also the sin of envy; but my lack of enthusiasm in the prayers will be understood, I am sure, by Our Lady, who is Queen of Heaven and will understand all about inheritance and how difficult it is to be an heir to the throne but a girl.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • The CNET story asked what the consequences might be if Google user info fell into the hands of government investigators, ill-wishing hackers -- even a Google employee violating company privacy practices.

    Boing Boing 2005

  • The kind of rage that is so intense that I can barely begin to write anything that isn't laced with profanity and the kind of ill-wishing that would land me on a FBI watch list.

    freakophilosophy 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.